Heywood, Claire,author.

The shadow of Perseus :a novel /Claire Heywood.

288 pages ;24 cm

"Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version - his mother Danae, his trophy Medusa, and his wife Andromeda - but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all"--Provided by publisher.

1.Andromeda,--Princess, daughter of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia (Mythological character)--Fiction.2.Danaë--(Greek mythological character)--Fiction.3.Medusa--(Gorgon)--Fiction.4.Perseus--(Greek mythological character)--Fiction.1.Heroes--Fiction.2.Mythology, Greek--Fiction.3.Women--Fiction.Dynamic Details
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