![]() ![]() In an interview, Haynes says that she wanted to start with the Trojan Horse, because everybody knows about it, and then go backwards and forwards in time to show the lead-up to it and the consequences of it. ![]() A Thousand Ships was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, which “aim … always to celebrate women’s creative achievements and international writing, whilst also stimulating debate about gender and writing, gender and reading, and how the publishing and reviewing business works.” Aside from being about women, how does the book represent the values of the Women’s Prize?.What did you think about the male characters? Were you able to have any sympathy for any of them?.Have you read Homer’s Iliad ? The Odyssey ? Did you know much about the Trojan War? Did reading this book change your understanding of that time period?.Discussion Questions for A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes ![]()
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