The Voyage Home
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Narrated by:
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Kristin Atherton
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By:
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Pat Barker
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls
After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.
Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.
Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.
As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.
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- Sarah m.
- 08-12-24
Compelling
Didn’t want it to end! Excellent performer as always, brilliant writing. Hope there will be a next instalment.
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- Squirehaze
- 05-09-24
Fantastic narrator
This story really came to life, thanks to the excellent narration. Pat Barker is excellent at exploring the tragedy of war, capture and loss and breaking through myth and pageant to a very human and natural interpretation of those themes. This will stay with me for some time.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-24
Narration Wasn’t For Me
The writing is excellent, although I didn’t feel particularly interested in the main female slave character. Unfortunately I found the narrator’s different accents irritating and distracting and I didn’t enjoy this audiobook.
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- Ricci
- 21-12-24
Better Than Book 2 in the Same Series
Book 2: “the Trojan women” was dull; book 3: the artfully named “Voyage Home”, is better. A change of protagonist helps: this one - ritsa - is earthier and more relatable. The plot helps too - at least some significant stuff happens. One or two of the female characters are freaky, unsettling, so that’s all good. There are weaknesses. Ritsa is meant to be a low-status slave. Nonetheless she has an almost miraculous facility for being in all the places that matter, at exactly the right time. Barker’s plotting really bends over backwards to help Ritsa; with this; and Ritsa’s job somehow gives her more liesure and freedom of movement than a retired poet Laureate. There’s a scene in which Queen Clytemnestra appears on the royal staircase. Ritsa, whose very presence on said staircase is a shocking trespass in the first place, and who, as a slave, would be obliged to turn her face to the wall even if she were legitimately there, seems to acquire the right to scamper over to the Queen and sympathise with her magesty’s aching knees. The final verdict though, is that I enjoyed this novel.
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- Mutti
- 16-11-24
Brilliant last in the wnderful the trilogy of the Women of Troy.
Loved it. Fabulous story bringing each character to life. The concept is very powerful concentrating on the strong Women of Troy rather than the arrogant, cruel Greek warriors. Many of these women will linger on in my memory.
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- Kristina
- 03-10-24
Fantastic third installment
The story is a wonderful third installment from a new perspective. Really thrilling and imagined in beautiful detail.
Narration is absolutely brilliant.
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