{"product_id":"clytemnestra","title":"Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati","description":"\u003cp\u003e'When vengeance calls and the gods stop watching,\u003cbr\u003ewhat do we do to those who harm the people we love?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere will come a time when songs will be sung about her, about the people she loved and the ones she hated . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWife. Mother. Fighter. Conspirator. Queen. CLYTEMNESTRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a daughter betrayed by her father. Who watches her sister be destroyed by violence and rape. Whose child is sacrificed to ensure her family's power. Who fights as fiercely as any warrior. Who falls in love with her husband's enemy. Who is hungry for otherworldly retribution against both men and gods...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the Ancient World. Know her name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondemned by Homer and the Greek poets as a sexually faithless, deceitful, murderous woman, Clytemnestra's voice is obscured by the spiteful judgement of history. A judgement that refuses to see her strength and her cunning, her grief and her rage. Costanza Cosati's dazzling debut isn't just a retelling of the consequences of war on women - it is about how women fought their own wars. Because Clytemnestra understood something that the others didn't:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving voice to a woman condemned by history, this debut is an epic feminist retelling of the story of notorious Spartan queen, Clytemnestra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"gentle books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46946887467145,"sku":"9780241554777","price":80.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/9289\/1785\/files\/9780241554777.jpg?v=1781830586","url":"https:\/\/thisisgentle.com\/products\/clytemnestra","provider":"gentle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}