However, I am also aware that the way the author chose to approach the subject matter has proved to be rather controversial with many readers. And she – all the Trojan women – should be memorialised as much as any other person.” Circe by Madeline Miller was also considered for this award in 2019. Read my review for The Song of Achilles here, whereas my review for The Silence of the Girls is posted here. This book was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and this is not the first retelling of The Iliad to be considered for this accolade The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, for example, won this award in 2012, and The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker was shortlisted in 2019. Today I am reviewing A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews.
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