A thousand ships

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The work A thousand ships represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

A thousand ships

Statement of responsibility

Natalie Haynes

Title variation

1000 ships

Creator

• trueHaynes, Natalie, 1974-
• Haynes, Natalie

Author

• Haynes, Natalie

Subject

• Trojan War -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueHeroes and heroines, Greek
• trueTroy (Extinct city)
• trueAncient Greece
• trueTrojan War
• Goddesses, Greek -- Fiction
• Trojan War -- Women -- Fiction
• trueMythology, Greek
• trueWomen and war
• Troy (Extinct city) -- Fiction
• trueGods and goddesses, Greek
• Mythology, Greek -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them. In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash. The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all. Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent. -- Cover
• Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War -- Madeline Miller, author of Circe -- Cover

Tone

• trueAtmospheric

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueWitty

Cataloging source

QBOO

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult