Beschreibung
Another tour-de-force from Jennifer Saint – the best-selling author of Ariadne The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a cycle of violence. This is the story of three women, their fates doomed by the fickle nature of men and gods. Clytemnestra When her sister Helen runs away with a Trojan prince, her husband Agamemnon raises an army against Troy and determines to win, whatever the cost. Cassandra Princess of Troy, and cursed to see the future but never to be believed. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Elektra The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. But can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence? ‘A vivid reimagining of Greek mythology’s most haunted lineage’ Harpers Bazaar ‘A brilliant read’ Women & Home
Thanks to a lifelong fascination with Ancient Greek mythology, Jennifer Saint read Classical Studies at King’s College, London. Since September 2022, she has been a Visiting Research Fellow in the Classics Department there. In between, she spent thirteen years as an English teacher, sharing a love of literature and creative writing with her students. Ariadne is her first novel, Elektra is her second, and Atalanta is her latest mesmerising mythological retelling.