The Voyage Home

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The Voyage Home
Motherhood, myth, and the quiet aftermath of it all
As someone who wrote their undergrad dissertation on The Silence of the Girls, I was So excited to read this. Barker once again knocks out a brutal ret... READ MORE
Morgan at Exeter Roman Gate
The Voyage Home
Addictive reading
As phenomenal as the previous two books. I can't get enough of Pat Barker's myth retellings. A fantastic writer who truly knows how to set a scene and leav... READ MORE
Hebe at Fareham
The Voyage Home
A novel that centres the stories of the unheard women of Greek myth
The Voyage Home is the third instalment in the Women of Troy series, and follows Cassandra, cursed prophet and war prize of Agamemnon, and the enslaved Ris... READ MORE
Liberty at Richmond
The Voyage Home
A crescendo ending
The Trojan war has finally ended and the Greeks are on their way home with the spoils of war. These "spoils" include the women of Troy whom they have ensla... READ MORE
Tracey McHardy
The Voyage Home
Beautiful ending to the trilogy
The Trojan War is ended, the ships are departing. We follow Rista, an enslaved Trojan woman as she accompanies Cassandra back with King Agamemnon where his... READ MORE
Emily M

Synopsis

After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.

Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.

Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.

As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241995679
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 222g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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The Voyage Home
Perfect finale ...
Last in the trilogy and the war is over, the ships are full of booty from the war and, full of captured Trojan women, they set sail for the land of Greece.... READ MORE
Emine at Bromley
The Voyage Home
Let's hope there's more to come
I really enjoyed Pat Barker’s first two Troy books, The Silence of the Girls and The Trojan Women, so I was keen to find out where she might take us next. ... READ MORE
Anne O'Connell
The Voyage Home
The best in historico-mythic fiction
History is a record written by the victors, which is why women's voices were rarely recorded in the ancient past, even though the first ever novel was writ... READ MORE
Huttson Lo
The Voyage Home
My favourite book in the Trojan War series
I really enjoyed Barker’s continuation of giving voices to the voiceless. This is the third book in the Trojan War series and my favourite so far. It’s bot... READ MORE
Alison Lynch
The Voyage Home
The Voyage Home
The last volume in Pat Barker’s trilogy follows a character we’ve met on the periphery in the previous two novels – Ritsa. A slave to Cassandra – although ... READ MORE
Philippa Horsell
The Voyage Home
I wish this wasn’t the last of the series
I’ve read several books retelling the story of Cassandra, Agamemnon & the revenge taken upon them by his wife Clytemnestra. What makes this different from ... READ MORE
Gemma Rose
The Voyage Home
A rich powerful retelling
Book three of the Women of Troy trilogy It deals with the journey home after the Greek victory against the Trojans It focuses on the perspective of three... READ MORE
Claire  Johnson
The Voyage Home
Here come the girls… again
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for my copy, 3/5. Pat Barker continues the story of the women of Troy with this instalment which follo... READ MORE
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The Voyage Home
Classical Catastrophes
This book is another re-imagining of the aftermath of the siege of Troy. Cassandra and Clytemnestra are both unlikeable but tragic protagonists . The flee... READ MORE
June Barnes
The Voyage Home
Another Classic
Another excellent episode of Pat Barker's trilogy. Still as fresh and immediate as the first two parts, although a little more subdued and restrained. Th... READ MORE
Linda Burnett
The Voyage Home
Highly recommended!
The Voyage Home appears to bring Pat Barker's trilogy to an end, which retells the stories of the Trojan War from the perspective of its female characters.... READ MORE
KatherynT
The Voyage Home
Bold, tragic and unforgettable
The Voyage Home is a masterclass in Greek mythology retellings – showcasing Pat Barker’s extraordinary characterisation and prose. Barker brings us the... READ MORE
Emily (ashortbooklover)
The Voyage Home
Super
Continuing the story of the women of Troy following the Greek victory over the Trojans, The Voyage Home follows Cassandra (daughter of King Priam) and her ... READ MORE
Ella - The Story Collector
The Voyage Home
Funny, intelligent and brutal
I didn't realise that this was the follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls and it worked brilliantly as a standalone book.... READ MORE
Sophie Artemis
The Voyage Home
Flawless
Utterly flawless retelling of the 'realities' of the aftermath of war for Cassandra, Ritsa and Clytemnestra, once again placing the fate of women front and... READ MORE
Small Adventurist
The Voyage Home
Book Two!
he Voyage Home, Pat Barker’s follow-up to The Women of Troy, continues her masterful reimagining of the Trojan myths, this time centring on Cassandra, the ... READ MORE
The Secret Book Review
The Voyage Home
A worthy completion to this historic trilogy of the Trojan War
A retelling of a period in history from a woman’s perspective. The experiences and fate of Trojan women caught up in warfare a fitting conclusion to a rema... READ MORE
George  Young
The Voyage Home
Highly Recommended
The Voyage Home is the 3rd book in Pat Barker’s Women of Troy series. After the 10 year Trojan war King Agamemnon is returning home with Cassandra, his T... READ MORE
Jill Thomson
The Voyage Home
Absolutely marvellous
This is just super. Immensely readable, wonderful interpretation of events at the end of the Trojan War. Clytemnestra and Cassandra are shown from their ow... READ MORE
Sarah Wood
The Voyage Home
Masterful and compelling
I loved the first two books in Pat Barker’s masterful re-imaginings of the Greek war myths, so I had high hopes of this third book, and I wasn’t disappoint... READ MORE
Debra Davidson-Smith
The Voyage Home
The Perfect End to the Trilogy
I have been waiting for this book for so long and it did not disappoint. This trilogy is absolute perfection. When yet another book reimagining the classic... READ MORE
Katy Wheatley
The Voyage Home
No.....this cannot be the end !!!
We look on at the heart-rending scene of women captured by the Greeks at the fall of Troy as they line up on the beaches. Some are heavy with child from th... READ MORE
Suse
The Voyage Home
A different view of the Trojan Wars
This is the final book in the trilogy which started with ‘The Trojan Women’, retelling the story of the wars between Greece and Troy and their aftermath fr... READ MORE
Jim Sweetman
The Voyage Home
Self Respect alive and mostly well.
On we go with women who may or may not have had a choice during their lives. How privileged we are as even today women are silenced by men. As in this book... READ MORE
Joanne Russell
The Voyage Home
Amazing end to a trilogy
The book was everything that it needed to be
Janne