01488nam a22002537a 4500 251024b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780356516066 tbs eng PR6114.O777 I84 2022 North, Claire 26321 author Ithaca / Claire North. London : Orbit, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. vi, 391 pages ; 20 cm. Songs of Penelope ; bk. 1 Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is strong enough to claim Odysseus' empty throne--not yet. But everyone waits for the balance of power to tip, and Penelope knows that any choice she makes could plunge Ithaca into bloody civil war. Penelope (Greek mythological character) Fiction 26322 Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) Fiction 26323 Mythology 12220 Survival Fiction 26325 Man-woman relationships Fiction 11134 Ithaca Island (Greece) Fiction 26324 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-10-24 0 P-EN NOR B05690 2025-10-24 1 2025-10-24 1 5106 5106