![]() ![]() Goodreads rating: 4.26/5 A THOUSAND SHIPS BY NATALIE HAYNESĪ retelling of the Trojan War through the eyes of the women and goddesses who experienced it. ![]() Circe only appears as a character in the stories of the men she interacted with, but now we finally get her story from her point of view! Including her relationships with Daedalus and Odysseus, her involvement in the monsters Scylla and the Minotaur, and her habit of turning men into pigs. She was exiled to an island when Zeus found out she was a witch (he was afraid of her). The others were recommended to me in the comments on social media! GREEK MYTHOLOGY But I can say that Circe, A Thousand Ships, Cassandra Speaks, and The Book of Longings are very much worth it. I have not read all of these books so I cannot say whether they are all worth it. ![]() For example, Eve, Tiger Lily, the fictional wife of Jesus, Cleopatra, King Arthur’s Queen, and more. The second set of books are a medley of different women, fictional and historical. ![]() The first books on this post include stories of the women in Greek Mythology, mortals and goddesses both. There are so many books that give voices to these lost females and here is a list. The untold stories of women from mythology and history. RETELLING OF MALE DOMINATED STORIES FROM THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ![]()
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