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Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra

Summary

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BABYLONIA

Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent . . . meet Clytemnestra, the ancient world's most wronged woman . . .


'Vivid with fury, passion and strength, this is a fabulous myth retelling' Jennifer Saint

'A blaze of a novel, fiery and furious - and alight with murderous revenge' Daily Mail

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She is born to a king but marries a tyrant.

She watches helplessly as he sacrifices her child to the gods.

She bides her time. She plots revenge. She knows how to play this game.

If power will not be given to her, then she will take it for herself.

She is Clytemnestra.

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'A passionate picture of a fiercely patriarchal society and her heroine's refusal to be bound by its rules'
Sunday Times

'A powerhouse of a novel. Clytemnestra's rage, heartbreak and determination radiate off the page' Elodie Harper

'A thrilling tale of power and prophecies, and the fierce Queen who fought back at those who wronged her' Cosmopolitan

Reviews

  • Strong and immersive. Well-worth plucking from the pile of chiton-lit
    The Times

About the author

Costanza Casati

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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