There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now.
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed.
You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers\' Evening StandardPraise for Pat Barker:\'Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation\' Sunday Telegraph\'She is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature\' Independent\'Barker is a writer of crispness and clarity and an unflinching seeker of the germ of what it means to be human\' Herald\'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world\' Guardian.
Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness history forgot.\'Make[s] you reflect on the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, the women throughout history who have been told by men to forget their trauma...
Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers.
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now.
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed
