Trapped there with them are the Trojan women they have taken captive, some of whom were once queens and princesses but are now treated as slaves.
The Silence of the Girls was based on the events of Homer’s Iliad this second novel is set after the fall of Troy, when the victorious Greek invaders are stranded on the shore, waiting for the winds to change so that their ships can sail home. Together, the two novels tell the story of the Trojan War and its aftermath. I’m sure if you wanted to you could read this one as a standalone, but I would recommend reading both as this is a direct continuation of the first.
After reading Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls a few years ago, I wasn’t really expecting a sequel, but here it is: The Women of Troy.
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