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Natalie Haynes

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Natalie haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta and A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020. 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. Source: Book flap on Stone Blind Source: Open Library

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    Stone Blind

    by Natalie Haynes

    Readers: 1 · Shelf entries: 7

    Published: 2022

    Pages: 373

    Average rating: ★★★★☆ 4.00

    Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 "Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive Greek mythology retelling centered on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is forever transf…

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    A Thousand Ships

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2019

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    The children of Jocasta

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2017

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    Pandora's Jar

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2022

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    Divine Might

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2023

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    The furies

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2014

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    The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2011

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    The great escape

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2007

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    Amber Fury

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2014

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    The Amber Fury

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2014

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    Children of Jocasta

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2024

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    No Friend to This House

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2025

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    Final report of the Commission on Independent Living and Disability

    by Natalie Haynes

    Published: 2014

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