Women of Troy Series by Pat Barker

3.91 · 96 ratings
  • The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy #1)
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    The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy #1)

    Pat Barker

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings · published 2018

    Queen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles: famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his.No one knows it yet, but there are just ten weeks to go until the Fall of Troy, the end of this long and bitter war. This is the start of The Iliad: the most famous war story ever told... more

  • The Women of Troy (Women of Troy #2)
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    The Women of Troy (Women of Troy #2)

    Pat Barker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2021

    A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy.Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean.It does not come, because the gods are offended... more

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