{"product_id":"the-voyage-home-by-pat-barker-9780241995679","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's \u003cem\u003eThe Women of Troy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks—among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine—war-wife—to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death—and her own—while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra's frenzies and the horrors to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, awaiting the fleet's return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband's choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon's death, one thing is certain—this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone's fates forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46144890863852,"sku":"9780241995679","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241995679.jpg?v=1738403743","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-voyage-home-by-pat-barker-9780241995679","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}