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  • The Shadow of Perseus

  • A compelling feminist retelling of the myth of Perseus told from the perspectives of the women who knew him best
  • By: Claire Heywood
  • Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
  • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

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The Shadow of Perseus

By: Claire Heywood
Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
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The myth of Perseus, told through the story of the three women who knew him best - his mother Danae, his wife Andromeda, and his victim, Medusa.

History remembers him as a hero. But the women who knew him best remember a different man...

Perseus grows up wanting to be a hero, but he cannot become one if his mother Danae still sees him as a boy. When his stepfather Polydektes casts him away on a voyage across the sea, Perseus is determined to fulfil the great destiny of the son of a god and the grandson of a king. But the line between heroism and monstrosity is thin, and when Perseus attempts to seduce first gentle Medusa and then beautiful Andromeda, before finally reuniting with Danae, they each learn of the dangers of resisting a boy prepared to risk it all for greatness...

©2023 Claire Heywood (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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