Mantle Books September 15th 2022 Book Description 'So to mortal men we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.' Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older,… Continue reading Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes @MantleBooks #StoneBlind #NatalieHaynes #TheClqrt #GreekMythology #Medusa #BookReview #BookBlog
Tag: Greek Mythology
Galatea A Short Story by Madeline Miller @BloomsburyBooks @MillerMadeline #Galatea #GreekMythology #GreekRetelling #ShortStory #TheClqrt #Book Review
3rd March 2022 Bloomsbury Books Book Description In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece - the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen - the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified.… Continue reading Galatea A Short Story by Madeline Miller @BloomsburyBooks @MillerMadeline #Galatea #GreekMythology #GreekRetelling #ShortStory #TheClqrt #Book Review
Elektra by Jennifer Saint @jennysaint @wildfirebks @bookywookydooda #Elektra #JenniferSaint #GreekMythology #BookReview #TheClqrt #BookBlog #Clytemnestra #Cassandra
Wildfire Books 28th April 2022 Book Description The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. Clytemnestra The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon -… Continue reading Elektra by Jennifer Saint @jennysaint @wildfirebks @bookywookydooda #Elektra #JenniferSaint #GreekMythology #BookReview #TheClqrt #BookBlog #Clytemnestra #Cassandra
Circe by Madeline Miller @BloomsburyBooks #Circe #GreekMyths #GreekRetellings #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #TheClqrt #Odysseus #Hermes
Bloomsbury Books April 2018 Book Description In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is strange - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. But she has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When Circe's gift… Continue reading Circe by Madeline Miller @BloomsburyBooks #Circe #GreekMyths #GreekRetellings #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #TheClqrt #Odysseus #Hermes
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Baker @PenguinUKBooks #TheSilenceofthegirls #TrojanWar #Achilles #Briseis #TheClqrt #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Recommendedreads
Penguin Books 2019 Book Description When the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing… Continue reading The Silence of the Girls by Pat Baker @PenguinUKBooks #TheSilenceofthegirls #TrojanWar #Achilles #Briseis #TheClqrt #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Recommendedreads