She is the author of The Amber Fury, which was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize The Children of Jocasta, a feminist retelling of the Oedipus and. Troy has fallen.įrom the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered by this long and tragic war.Ī woman’s epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world’s great tale ever told. Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. This was never the story of one woman, or two.

They have waited long enough for their turn. This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences-for fans of Madeline Miller. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes is a 2019 novel that retells ancient Greek and Roman Trojan War mythologies from the points of view of 25 mortal and immortal women. 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