![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for readers of Circe and Ariadne, Daughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating retelling of the Siege of Troy that tells the story of mythology’s most vilified women. Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood 384 pages first pub 2021 ( editions) fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced Description For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships-but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Their duty is now to give birth to the heirs society demands and be the meek, submissive queens their men expect.īut when the weight of their husbands’ neglect, cruelty and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, they must push against the constraints of their sex to carve new lives for themselves – and in doing so make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years. While still only girls they are separated and married off to legendary foreign kings Agamemnon and Menelaos, never to meet again. Such privilege comes at a high price, though, and their destinies are not theirs to command. Claire Haywood brings to life two voices in Greek mythology that I feel have been suppressed for long enough. Out of all the stories of Helen of Troy this by far was my favorite. With their high birth and unrivalled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. Daughters of Sparta is a story about two sisters named Helen and Klyemnestra and their life in a ancient world ruled and controlled by men. ![]() Two stories reclaimed.Īs princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. ![]()
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