Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent. 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 Trojan War stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. In fact, I had a book to read for an upcoming book club with friends. Natalie Haynes, author of THE FURIES (THE AMBER FURY in the UK), is a graduate of Cambridge University and an award-winning comedian, journalist, and broadcaster. I was browsing through Reddit to figure out what I should read next. I wanted to read it and tried to listen to it, but eventually never did.

In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes has been on my to-read list for at least a year. This was never the story of one woman, or two. In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker. '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 One of the Guardian's 'Best Books of 2019' Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020

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