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Today’s featured book is…
Clytemnestra’s Bind by Susan C Wilson
This is a much more recent read than those I shared in the past two days but, especially as I was reading another book set in Ancient Greece at the time I picked this, I couldn’t miss sharing one of the best Greek myth retellings I read (so much so it made my best of 2023 list!).
Read for: female-centred myth retelling; grief; vengeance; fighting the patriarchy.
Synopsis
Queen Clytemnestra’s world shatters when Agamemnon, a rival to the throne of Mycenae, storms her palace, destroys her family and claims not only the throne but Clytemnestra herself.
Tormented by her loss, she vows to do all she can to protect the children born from her unhappy marriage to Agamemnon. But when her husband casts his ruthless gaze towards the wealthy citadel of Troy, his ambitions threaten, once more, to destroy the family Clytemnestra loves.
From one of Greek mythology’s most reviled characters—a woman who challenged the absolute power of men—comes this fiery tale of power, family rivalry and a mother’s burning love.
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