The Silence of the Girls Paperback – July 23 2019
by Pat Barker (Author)


A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Chilling, powerful, audacious The Times

Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers Evening Standard

There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . .

Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS OF MADELINE MILLERS CIRCE AND THE SONG OF ACHILLES!

*Shortlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award*

Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.


Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin UK (July 23 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241983207
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241983201
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 236 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm