A Thousand Ships
A Thousand Ships
Adults
The Trojan War told entirely by its women, from Hecuba and Penelope to Cassandra and the goddesses.
Heads-up for parents: War & battle violence. Worth reading it yourself first.
- Author
- Natalie Haynes
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Feminist Retelling, Novel
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Picador
- Readers rate it
- 4.04 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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