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Jennifer Saint

    Jennifer Saint kanaliseert haar levenslange fascinatie voor de Griekse mythologie om de onvertelde verhalen van haar vrouwelijke personages te ontdekken. Na een carrière als lerares Engels op de middelbare school, wijdde ze zich fulltime aan schrijven, met als doel deze krachtige, vaak over het hoofd geziene personages te onderzoeken. Haar werk duikt in de complexiteit en motivaties van vrouwen binnen oude legendes en biedt frisse perspectieven. Saint's kenmerkende proza brengt deze tijdloze mythen tot leven met een meeslepende vertelstem.

    Jennifer Saint
    Cleopatra
    Elektra
    Lilith
    Hera
    Atalanta
    Ariadne
    • As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother - demands blood every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods - drawing their attention can cost you everything. In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition? Ariadne gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods.

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    • Atalanta

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      The heroic story of the only female Argonaut, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ELEKTRA (UK, Sunday Times, May 2022) and ARIADNE (UK, Sunday Times, April 2021).

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    • Hera

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      The beguiling story of the Queen of Mount Olympus, told by Jennifer Saint, the bestselling author of ATALANTA, ELEKTRA and ARIADNE.[Bokinfo].

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    • Lilith

      The Heroine Women Have Waited Six Thousand Years For

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      In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior.Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. But when Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him, she refuses - and is banished forever from Paradise.

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    • Elektra

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      The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, Clytemnestra, Cassandra and Elektra their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods

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    • Disobedient

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      I'll show you what a woman can do . . . Rome 1611.A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard.Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters -- men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She wants to experience the world, but she belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, she also paints in private, recreating the women who inspire her, away from her father's eyes.Until a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens.In the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.But Artemisia is a survivor. And this is her story to tell.

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    • Elektra, die hell Leuchtende

      Roman | Griechische Mythologie lebendig erzählt

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      Endlich erzählt Elektra ihre dramatische Geschichte in ihren eigenen Worten »Mein Vater hat mir meinen Namen gegeben. Ich sei wie die Sonne: feurig und strahlend. Immer wieder hat er mir gesagt, ich sei das Licht in unserer Familie.« Sehnsüchtig wartet Elektra, Prinzessin von Mykene, auf die Rückkehr ihres Vaters Agamemnon. Nur von ihm hat sie Zuneigung erfahren. Seit er in den trojanischen Krieg zog, leidet sie unter ihrer Mutter, Klytaimnestra. Die liebte ihren Mann, bis er für sein Kriegsglück ihre älteste Tochter Iphigenie opferte. Bei seiner Rückkehr bringt Agamemnon als Beute die Priesterin Kassandra mit. Sie kann vorhersehen, welche Tragödie den Mykenern bevorsteht, aber niemand glaubt ihr. Die Schicksale der drei Frauen – Elektra, Klytaimnestra, Kassandra – sind durch die Launen der Götter und die Untaten der Männer unentrinnbar verbunden. Elektra jedoch beginnt, sich aufzulehnen und ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. Auf dem Weg zur Selbstbestimmung muss sie die Götter herausfordern. »Erzählt auf brillante Weise die starken Emotionen und die Komplexität der Frauen« Leipziger Volkszeitung »Ebenbürtig mit Madeline Millers Romanen.« Waterstones. com 

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