![]() ![]() She is Queen of Ithaca, but she is not really the ruler of the island. Ithaca is about Penelope, the wife of Odysseus, who has waited on the eponymous island for her husband to return from the Trojan War for something like eighteen years. ![]() North, a pseudonym for British fantasy writer Catherine Webb, has previously published a number of science fiction novels such as The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Now, she has begun a new series entitled The Songs of Penelope, beginning with Ithacawhich was released earlier this year. Madeline Miller‘s The Song of Achilles – published in 2011 – was one of the most talked about books on TikTok this year and in the last couple of years, we’ve had novels which focus on the forgotten women’s perspectives within these mythologies from writers like Pat Barker, Natalie Haynes, Jennifer Saint, and now, Claire North. ![]() It’s no secret that Greek Mythology retellings are having something of a moment. ![]()
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