Electra is eagerly looking forward to her father Agamemnon's triumphant return to Mycenae after the long war in Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus have other plans - Clytemnestra cannot forgive her husband for the sacrifice of her eldest daughter Iphigenia at the start of the war, and Aegisthus covets the kingship. Instead of celebrating his return, they murder him horribly; and suddenly Mycenae isn't a safe place for Electra or her brother Orestes. Orestes goes into exile, and Electra has to submit to a humiliating fate. When Orestes eventually returns, there is only one word on his mind - revenge!
What part will Electra play in this?
The third book in an exciting Young Adult series set in Ancient Greece.
This is Book 3 in the The Girls of Troy Quartet Series. See all The Girls of Troy Quartet books here.
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Frances Thomas was born in Aberdare but brought up in South London, and has written several books for both children and adults. She is a 3 time winner of the WBC Tir na N'Og Award and was named a runner up for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1986. She has recently retired and divides her time between her homes near Llandrindod and London.
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