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Natalie Haynes
The scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar from bestselling author Natalie Haynes.
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Natalie Haynes brings life to the infamous myth of Medusa with a feminist, heartbreaking retelling unlike any other …
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In the many retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is generally on gods and heroes, but Natalie Haynes refocuses our gaze on the remarkable women at the centre of…
A feminist retelling of the Trojan War - giving voices to the women the myths forgot…
Put the pieces together to reveal the true stories of the women of Greek Myth. Writer, broadcaster and a rock star mythologist, Natalie Haynes revisits the classics to inspire this…
From the Women’s Prize shortlisted author Natalie Haynes comes a stunning reimagining of the Oedipus and Antigone myths, revealing a new side of an ancient story …
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A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal.
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"Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the goddesses whose prowess, passions, jealousies, and desires rival those of their male kin."--Publisher marketing.
A feminist retelling of the Trojan War - giving voices to the women the myths forgot …
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"Reinterprets two of Sophocles' Theban plays, Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone. . . . the alternating structure proves powerful."--The New Yorker
"A passionate and gripping account of a famously dysfunctional family…
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New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar.
Few writers today have reshaped our view of…
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Natalie Haynes, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships, brings life to the infamous myth of Medusa with a heartbreaking, feminist retelling unlike any other.
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK)
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Elyse John
A stunning, enthralling story about unconventional love, the power of creativity and the courage of women who struggle to make their voices heard.
Homer
A gorgeous pocket-sized edition of Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, introduced by author and classicist Natalie Haynes.
I lost my dad suddenly due to a heart condition. In staying with him through that, it was clear that my mom had dementia, so I moved from California to…
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Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts…
The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships…
In this psychological page-turner set at a last-chance school for teens, a teacher hides from her own terrible tragedy by teaching the Greek classics to her troubled students.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Gorgeous…. With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. –Madeline Miller, author of Circe
Shortlisted…
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, this novel is a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences.
A stunning reimagining of the Oedipus and Antigone stories told from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked.
How modern are our lives? Or are we still living the lives our ancestors lived?
Agatha Christie
A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.
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