Elektra

by Jennifer Saint

Three women within the House of Atreus

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Three women within the House of Atreus

Jennifer Saint retells the mythic history surrounding Elektra through the intertwined perspectives of Elektra, her mother Clytemnestra, and Cassandra, the Trojan princess. Their stories connect the family curse of the House of Atreus to Agamemnon’s departure for the Trojan War and the fate of Troy. Cassandra’s prophecy and the violence surrounding Elektra’s family bring questions of foreknowledge, powerlessness, and inherited destiny into the foreground. The novel’s structure places Elektra’s story alongside those of two women whose lives are also shaped by Agamemnon and the war.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Greek mythology and retellings of ancient legends.
  • Readers who enjoy mythic fiction centered on women’s perspectives.
  • Readers interested in the Trojan War and the House of Atreus.

Themes

Greek mythologyFamily curses and inherited historyProphecy and powerlessnessWar and violence

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Book overview

A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne.

Three women, tangled in an ancient curse.

When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family.

In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.

Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family's bloody history, or is her destiny bound by violence, too?

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