E-raamat: No Friend to This House: A Gripping Feminist Retelling of Greek Myth From the Bestselling Author of Stone Blind

Its superb: sharp, funny, inventive, powerfully humane -- Katherine Rundell, bestselling author of Impossible Creatures Natalie Haynes is a once-in-a-generation storyteller, and No Friend to This House is her masterpiece. Haynes does not so much retell the myth of Medea as excavate it, layer by devastating layer, for truths both timeless and timely. This is a stunning novel that cuts to the bone -- Dr Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana Haynes Medea is especially striking both fearless witch and desperate lover capturing all the facets and contradictions of the character in the ancient sources . . . Another masterpiece from Haynes -- Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia Witty, gripping, ruthless -- Margaret Atwood, bestselling author of The Testaments, on Stone Blind An exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusas story, an emotional gut punch of a novel . . . It is a dazzling achievement -- Elodie Harper, bestselling author of the Wolf Den trilogy, on Stone Blind Inventive and playful . . . [ and] very funny -- The Times on Stone Blind With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War -- Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe, on A Thousand Ships Absorbing and fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight -- The Guardian on A Thousand Ships A sparkling narrative . . . A Thousand Ships blows the dust off the classics -- The Washington Post on A Thousand Ships Haynes balances a fresh take on the material . . . giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene -- Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe, on The Children of Jocasta A wonderful and inventive take on an ancient tale -- The Times on The Children of Jocasta Glorious, gripping and brutal . . . I loved it -- Victoria Derbyshire, journalist and broadcaster, on The Children of Jocasta