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The Voyage Home

By: Pat Barker
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls

After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.

Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.

Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.

As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.

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Critic reviews

The Voyage Home brings forgotten female characters into sharp psychological focus. It is astonishingly fresh and modern, bristling with anger, and breezily quick to read. Pat Barker is one of the finest novelists working today (Alice Winn)
In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon’s palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents (Paula Hawkins)
Thank goodness Pat Barker writes sequences, as one book is never enough. The tortuous grief of mothers and daughters is the story of every war, and her retelling of the aftermath of the Trojan War grips our heart and haunts our dreams (Sarah Brown)
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This story really came to life, thanks to the excellent narration. Pat Barker is excellent at exploring the tragedy of war, capture and loss and breaking through myth and pageant to a very human and natural interpretation of those themes. This will stay with me for some time.

Fantastic narrator

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The writing is excellent, although I didn’t feel particularly interested in the main female slave character. Unfortunately I found the narrator’s different accents irritating and distracting and I didn’t enjoy this audiobook.

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Loved it. Fabulous story bringing each character to life. The concept is very powerful concentrating on the strong Women of Troy rather than the arrogant, cruel Greek warriors. Many of these women will linger on in my memory.

Brilliant last in the wnderful the trilogy of the Women of Troy.

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The story is a wonderful third installment from a new perspective. Really thrilling and imagined in beautiful detail.

Narration is absolutely brilliant.

Fantastic third installment

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Didn’t want it to end! Excellent performer as always, brilliant writing. Hope there will be a next instalment.

Compelling

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Loved it. From start to finish it conjured up images and stories from mythology which seamlessly dovetailed into today's era..

Atmospheric

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listened to the read twice. it's a great story with characters you can relate too

loved the narrators voice

Great Story and memorable characters

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I have listened to all of books in this series and I absolutely love them and I would love a new one about Ritzer finding her way to Briseis I think that would be so cool. But I think this is definitely worth a listen if you enjoyed the other two

I NEED ANOTHER ONE

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You've probably heard it before: 'omg that book l left me traumetised! You've gotta read it!' Pat Barker takes the lid off any polite concept of Ancient Greek society. From infanticide to incest with plenty of rape and murder along the way, she makes modern society look almost civilised.

chilling

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I absolutely loved all 3 of Pat Barkers novels - "The Silence of the Girls" ; "The Women of Troy" & this last "The Voyage Home ".
Narration & stories were fantastic. Sadly these stories prove that nothing has changed in our world since Trojan times. Male ego & arrogance still rules supreme. Women & children bear the brunt again & again.
The only change is that weapons are more sophisticated now & killing can be achieved at a distance. Will humans ever learn the lessons of history. It seems not....

War & women

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