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100			_aNorth, Claire _926321 _eauthor
245			_aThe last song of Penelope _c/ Claire North.
260			_aLondon : _bOrbit, _c2025.
300			_a388 pages ; _c20 cm.
490			_aSongs of Penelope novel ; _vbk. 3
520			_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...
650		0	_aElectra (Greek mythological figure) _vFiction _926536
650		0	_aOdysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) _vFiction _926323
650		0	_aOrestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) _vFiction _926537
650		0	_aPenelope (Greek mythological character) _vFiction _926322
650		0	_aGoddesses _zGreece _vFiction _926538
650		0	_aGods _zGreece _vFiction _926539
650		0	_aKings and rulers _vFiction _925383
650		0	_aQueens _vFiction _926540
650		0	_aRevenge _vFiction _911490
651		0	_aIthaca Island (Greece) _vFiction _926324
655		0	_aHistorical fiction _922722
655		0	_aMythological fiction _926204
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