LRC Recommended Read – Issue 38

LRC Recommended Read – Issue 38


Danielle Bowe
Danielle Bowe
LRC Recommended Read – Issue 38

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now.

Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?

Discover the greatest Greek myth of all – retold by the witness history forgot.

This is in the KS5/adult section of the LRC.

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