From the Booker prize-winning author Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls offers a powerful, audacious retelling of the Trojan War, giving voice to the women history forgot. This novel centers on Briseis, a queen whose life is shattered by conflict, forcing her to navigate a brutal world defined by men as she fights for survival and autonomy.

• Feminist retelling of the Iliad through the perspective of ordinary Greek women.
• From Pat Barker, author of Regeneration.
• Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award.
• Part of the Women of Troy series (Book 1 of 3).
• Praised as a 'Chilling, powerful, audacious' read by The Times.

• Author: Pat Barker
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Publication Date: May 2, 2019
• Print Length: 336 pages
• ISBN-10: 0241983207
• ISBN-13: 978-0241983201
• Dimensions: 130 x 198 mm
• Weight: 242 g

Discover this magnificent work by a writer at the height of her powers. Perfect for fans of historical fiction and mythological retellings like Madeline Miller's Circe.