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The Voyage Home

The Voyage Home

FantasyFolklore
Pages
320
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

Pat Barker continues her acclaimed retelling of the Trojan War with THE VOYAGE HOME. This novel focuses on Cassandra, the prophetess cursed never to be believed, as she is taken captive by the Greeks and sails towards Mycenae. Her arrival there promises to ignite a cycle of violence and retribution that will ensnare King Agamemnon and his family.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

ComplexDarkEmotionalReflective
RevengeBetrayalSacrifice

Genres

Fantasy Folklore Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mythology

About the author

P
Pat Barker

Patricia Mary W. Barker (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and for a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls.

Characters

Cassandra of TroyProtagonist

Daughter of King Priam and priestess of Apollo, cursed to prophesy truly and never be believed, carried to Mycenae as Agamemnon's prize.

AgamemnonSupporting
ClytemnestraSupporting
All characters in The Voyage Home