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Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, and Stone Blind, which was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2022. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora's Jar, was a New York Times bestseller in 2022. She has written and performed eight series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience. A Thousand Ships is her third novel.With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. Her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished
- Madeline Miller, author of <i>Circe</i>,
A gripping feminist masterpiece
- Deborah Frances-White, <i>The Guilty Feminist</i>,
Natalie Haynes<b> </b>is swiftly becoming this generationâs Mary Renault; her retelling of the Trojan war from an all-female perspective, <i>A Thousand Ships,</i><i> </i>is her best yet.
Observer
Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories
Telegraph
Absorbing and fiercely feminist
Guardian
The forgotten women are vividly brought to life in this moving, intelligent and witty book
- Martha Kearney, BBC Radio 4,
Elegant, intelligent . . . Haynes combines a wide-ranging knowledge of the original myths with a gift for compelling narrative
The Times
A sparkling narrative . . . <i>A Thousand Ships</i> blows the dust off the classics
Washington Post
Haynes is the nationâs great muse, and her latest retelling of the story of Troy told from the perspective of Helen and the women of <i>The Iliad </i>is beautiful
- Adam Rutherford, author of <i>A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived</i>, The Week
If you are new to myths, then this is a learned, well-fashioned introduction, with many shining moments of subtle power
Spectator
A joy to read: fast paced, cracking with emotion and tension
- Professor Michael Scott, classical scholar and author of <i>Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West</i>,
Here, in this treat of a book, the women take centre stage - and how brilliantly . . . Natalie Haynes brings them to witty, lyrical, scintillating life . . . A book to both savour and devour
- Suzannah Lipscomb, historian and author of <i>A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England</i>,
Breathtaking . . . Her writing isnât merely clever, or elegant, or (at times) extremely funny - though it is all of those things. Itâs also viscerally vivid.
- Catherine Nixey, author of <i>Heresy: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God</i>,
This subversive reseeing of the classics is a many-layered delight
Guardian
Haynes takes the baton from Renault and runs with it. Her modern take on antiquity is exquisitely informed without ever being research-heavy . . . Glorious!
- Damian Barr, author of <i>Maggie & Me</i>,
Haynes expertly crafts an emotional and vivid historical tale with high stakes and female empowerment at its core
Woman's Own