Electra
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the blood-soaked halls of Mycenae, a princess watches and waits — Electra by Henry Treece is a gripping retelling of one of antiquity's most harrowing dynastic sagas, chronicling the ruinous aftermath of Agamemnon's murder and his daughter Electra's consuming obsession with vengeance. Set against the crumbling grandeur of a Bronze Age Greek palace, the novel immerses the reader in a world of treachery, matricide, and moral ruin, where the sins of parents cascade violently upon their children. Treece presents Electra not merely as a mythological archetype but as a fiercely drawn woman, driven by grief and righteous fury, whose relentless pursuit of justice tears apart what little remains of a cursed royal house. Treece, celebrated for his vivid and archaeologically textured historical fiction, brings the ancient world to life with an unflinching realism rarely seen in retellings of Greek myth. His prose is taut and atmospheric, stripping away the elevated distance of classical drama to ground the legend in visceral, human terms. Rooted in the traditions of Sophocles and Euripides yet boldly reimagined, Electra stands as a powerful meditation on loyalty, inherited hatred, and the terrible price of honour — leaving the reader to question whether justice, once achieved, can ever truly bring peace.
Author: Henry Treece
Format: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the blood-soaked halls of Mycenae, a princess watches and waits — Electra by Henry Treece is a gripping retelling of one of antiquity's most harrowing dynastic sagas, chronicling the ruinous aftermath of Agamemnon's murder and his daughter Electra's consuming obsession with vengeance. Set against the crumbling grandeur of a Bronze Age Greek palace, the novel immerses the reader in a world of treachery, matricide, and moral ruin, where the sins of parents cascade violently upon their children. Treece presents Electra not merely as a mythological archetype but as a fiercely drawn woman, driven by grief and righteous fury, whose relentless pursuit of justice tears apart what little remains of a cursed royal house. Treece, celebrated for his vivid and archaeologically textured historical fiction, brings the ancient world to life with an unflinching realism rarely seen in retellings of Greek myth. His prose is taut and atmospheric, stripping away the elevated distance of classical drama to ground the legend in visceral, human terms. Rooted in the traditions of Sophocles and Euripides yet boldly reimagined, Electra stands as a powerful meditation on loyalty, inherited hatred, and the terrible price of honour — leaving the reader to question whether justice, once achieved, can ever truly bring peace.