The silence of the girls

By Pat Parker Shortlist for the Costa Book Award for Fiction 2018 "Compelling, skillfully crafted, captures the reader with all its details. One of the greatest stories written to date, a book that will be read generation after generation" - Daily Telegraph When the Greek queen Helen is kidnapped by the Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, laying siege to the city of Troy. Briseis, another enslaved queen held captive in the Greek army camp, is sentenced to slavery in Achilles' bed, the man who shed the blood of her family. She becomes a pawn in a threatening game between warriors tired and frustrated. In the centuries following this most famous war, history will erase it, reducing it to a margin with a bloody story penned by men blinded by hatred — but Briseis has a very different story to tell... "Remarkable, deeply human, compelling the reader to become part of it." - Irish Times "A brilliant, impactful, important, powerful retelling, etched into memory" - Guardian "Very good depiction of the Trojan War from a women's perspective" - Kate Atkinson "Her charm will take you, don’t miss it for any reason" - Literary Review "Epic at its peak, an enchanting novel that moves the emotions" Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2020 Publisher: Aseer Books for Publishing and Distribution