An Evening with Claire North and Jennifer Saint - Birmingham

Schedule

Wed Jun 26 2024 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Waterstones | Birmingham, EN

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Join us for a fantastic evening with Claire North and Jennifer Saint as they discuss their latest novels
About this Event

Join us for a fantastic evening with Claire North and Jennifer Saint as they discuss their latest novels ‘The Last Song of Penelope’, the exquisite finale to the ‘Songs of Penelope’ trilogy, and ‘Hera’, the captivating story of Greek mythology’s most famous wife.

About the Books

The Last Song of Penelope

Many 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…

Hera

When the immortal goddess Hera helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, the ancient Titan Cronos, she dreams of ruling the world at his side. But as they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera begins to see another side to Zeus, a side just as ruthless and cruel as Cronos was.She was clearly born to rule, but does that mean perpetuating a cycle of violence and cruelty that has existed since the dawn of time?Will assuming her power mean that Hera loses herself or can she find a way to forge a better world?Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to be but also compassionate and most importantly, an all-powerful queen to the gods.

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Waterstones, 24-26 High Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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