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As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best . . . Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent. A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece and told through the eyes of its greatest heroine, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred and love.
You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. Clytemnestra is the daughter of the king of Sparta, the sister of the infamous Helen. When her husband Agamemnon sacrifices their daughter to the gods in return for fair winds, she begins to plot against him. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph, what then?
'A blaze of a novel, fiery and furious - and alight with murderous revenge' DAILY MAIL. A thrilling tale of power and prophecies, and the fierce Queen who fought back at those who wronged her' COSMOPOLITAN, 'The best books to look forward to in 2023'.
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- Contributor: Costanza Casati
- Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405951722
- Number of Pages: 416
- Packaged Dimensions: 126x194x34mm
- Packaged Weight: 280
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Release Date: 2024-01-18
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Costanza Casati was born in Texas and grew up in a village in Northern Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, under one of the country's most rigorous academic programmes. She is a graduate of the prestigious Warwick Writing MA in the UK, and has worked as a screenwriter and journalist. Her debut novel, Clytemnestra, was a Saturday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Babylonia, set in the fierce world of the Assyrian Empire, is her second novel.
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