A Thousand Ships

"This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them. In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash. The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all"--

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  Troy (Hisarlik) · Turkey

  Ancient Troy; the besieged city at the heart of the Trojan War retelling
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  Troy · Turkey

  Women of Troy during and after the fall of the city; retelling from female perspectives
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• Sparta · Greece

  Penelope and Helen's Greek side of the Trojan War narrative