Clytemnestra / Costanza Casati.
By: Casati, Costanza [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2023Edition: Large print edition.Description: 528 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125680.Subject(s): Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae -- Fiction | Queens -- Fiction | Revenge -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Huntress. Warrior. Mother. Murderess. Queen. You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot. You are Clytemnestra. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph... what then?Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For if power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself...Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Huntress. Warrior. Mother. Murderess. Queen. You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot. You are Clytemnestra. But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph... what then?Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For if power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself...
Adult.