The Silence of the Girls

In this retelling of the famous war story, The Iliad, we see the fall of Troy from a new perspective: that of the women who were caught in the middle of the men's power struggle. Queen Briseis, stolen from her homeland and given as a concubine to the infamous warrior Achilles, becomes our eyes and ears to the events that unfold in the soldiers' camp. A captivating and necessary read that sheds light on the forgotten stories of the women of war.