02200nam a22003257a 4500008004100000020001800041040000800059041000800067100003300075245004700108260002800155300002400183490003700207520099100244650005601235650007001291650006801361650006001429650003901489650003301528650003701561650002701598650002801625651004301653655003001696655003201726942000801758952009301766999001501859251118b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780356516141  ctbs  aeng  aNorth, Claire926321eauthor  aThe last song of Penelopec/ Claire North.  aLondon :bOrbit,c2025.  a388 pages ;c20 cm.  aSongs of Penelope novel ;vbk. 3  aMany years ago, Odysseus sailed to war and never returned. For twenty years his wife Penelope and the women of Ithaca have guarded the isle against suitors and rival kings. But peace cannot be kept forever, and the balance of power is about to break... A beggar has arrived at the Palace. Salt-crusted and ocean-battered, he is scorned by the suitors - but Penelope recognises in him something terrible: her husband, Odysseus, returned at last. Yet this Odysseus is no hero. By returning to the island in disguise, he is not merely plotting his revenge against the suitors - vengeance that will spark a civil war - but he's testing the loyalty of his queen. Has she been faithful to him all these years? And how much blood is Odysseus willing to shed to be sure? The song of Penelope is ending, and the song of Odysseus must ring through Ithaca's halls. But first, Penelope must use all her cunning to win a war for the fate of the island and keep her family alive, whatever the cost... 0aElectra (Greek mythological figure)vFiction926536 0aOdysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)vFiction926323 0aOrestes, King of Argos (Mythological character)vFiction926537 0aPenelope (Greek mythological character)vFiction926322 0aGoddesseszGreece vFiction926538 0aGodszGreecevFiction926539 0aKings and rulersvFiction925383 0aQueensvFiction926540 0aRevengevFiction911490 0aIthaca Island (Greece)vFiction926324 0aHistorical fiction922722 0aMythological fiction926204  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-11-18l0oP-EN NORpB05629r2025-11-18t1w2025-11-18y1  c5188d5188