Of course, the chief male protagonists in the Iliad such as Achilles, Agamemnon, and the forever mercurial Odysseus all have a role to play, but for once this story does not belong to them. The feminism aspect is unquestionably there and this book sets the record straight and then some, with a whole multitude of perspectives comprising of the women of Greece, Troy, and also Mount Olympus. The outcome is something intricately detailed and richly immersive, as the tables are turned on the established narrative and the spotlight is instead cast on characters who in spite of their hitherto lack of recognition turn out to be just as compelling. It takes the epic tale of the Trojan War and weaves a story of not just some of the women who are associated with it, but literally all of them. This is one stellar example of these rather gorgeous retellings, and it takes place on as grand a scale as you could possibly imagine. One of great travesties of history and indeed mythology is that invariably the voices of women have been either forgotten or wilfully ignored, but we are now in a somewhat happier era in which they are being reclaimed by an impressive class of modern storytellers. 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…
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. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash… Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. This was never the story of one woman, or two. Trigger warnings: Allusions to sexual exploitation, rape, misogyny, injury detail
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