North, Claire creator author text London Orbit, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group 2023 monographic eng

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vi, 391 pages ; 20 cm. 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. / Claire North. Penelope (Greek mythological character) Fiction Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) Fiction Mythology Survival Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Ithaca Island (Greece) Fiction PR6114.O777 I84 2022 9780356516066 251024