Autorka bestselleru Dcery Sparty se vrací s nápaditým převyprávěním mýtu o Perseovi z pohledu tří žen, které jsou v tradiční verzi odsunuty na vedlejší kolej: jeho matky Danaé, trofeje Medúsy a manželky Andromedy. Perseus je posedlý příslibem vlastního osudu, jeho hrdinská cesta však vrhá na životy všech tří žen stín násilí a zkázy. Skrz jejich hlasy se tak odhaluje obraz muže, který ve skutečnosti vůbec není hrdinou.

The myth of Perseus, told through the story of the three women who knew him best - his mother Danae, his wife Andromeda, and his victim, Medusa. The myth remembers him as a hero.The women who knew him best remember him differently.Now it's time to hear their side of the story . . . *** His mother Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone. Forging a new life for herself and for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she's ever done. His trophy As a member of a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, known as the Gorgons, Medusa has eschewed all contact with the outside world. That is, until the day she finds an injured boy named Perseus in the forest. His wife When a harsh sandstorm threatens to destroy her nomadic desert tribe's way of life, Andromeda knows that a sacrifice will be required to appease the gods and end the storm. But when a forceful young Perseus interferes, Andromeda's life is set on an entirely new path. As Perseus becomes increasingly obsessed with the promise of his own destiny, his heroic journey casts a shadow of violence and destruction across all three women's lives. But even as he tries to silence them, the women may find that reclaiming their voices is their only hope for lifting themselves into a better future.

For millennia, two women have been blamed for the fall of a mighty civilisation - but now it's time to hear their side of the story . . . As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. With their high birth and unrivalled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. Such privilege comes at a high price, though, and their destinies are not theirs to command. While still only girls they are separated and married off to legendary foreign kings Agamemnon and Menelaos, never to meet again. Their duty is now to give birth to the heirs society demands and be the meek, submissive queens their men expect. But when the weight of their husbands' neglect, cruelty and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, they must push against the constraints of their sex to carve new lives for themselves - and in doing so make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years. Perfect for readers of Circe and Ariadne, Daughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating retelling of the Siege of Troy that tells the story of mythology's most vilified women from their own mouths at long last.

Jejich příběh zná celý svět. Dcery spartského krále Tyndarea vstoupily do dějin a příběhů. Starší Klytaimnéstra coby zrádná manželka mykénského krále Agamemnóna. Mladší Helena jako ta, pro kterou povstalo celé Řecko a shořela Trója. Ovšem o jejich osudech vyprávěli muži. Je načase dopřát hlas i jim a odhalit, kdo byl skutečným hrdinou a kdo zrádcem… Barvité vyobrazení starého Řecka a historie, kterou nepíší pouze vítězové.

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