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Clytemnestra

Casati, Costanza, 1995- Book - 2023 Adult Book / Fiction / Historical / Casati, Costanza None on shelf 3 requests on 2 copies Community Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 427-432).
Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best ... You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot. But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice. Acceptance or vengeance, infamy follows both. So, you bide your time and force the gods' hands in the game of retribution. For you understood something long ago that the others never did. If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.

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PUBLISHED
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: xii, 434 pages : genealogical charts ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781728268231
1728268230

SUBJECTS
Clytemnestra, -- Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction.
Agamemnon, -- King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- Fiction.
Queens -- Fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Gods, Greek -- Fiction.
Prophecies -- Fiction.
Mythology, Greek -- Fiction.
Mythological fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Novels.