THE GREATEST LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD.
A profoundly moving sapphic tale of love, identity and defiance that retells the love story of Penelope, one of Ancient Greece's most famous heroines.
'This is Rosie Hewlett's masterpiece' JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera
'As dazzling as Madeline Miller's reimagining of the Iliad in The Song of Achilles' ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den
'The fury, the power, the cadence of this story will stay with me for years to come ... Sappho herself would be proud.' NIKITA GILL, bestselling author of Hetake
One fateful night in Sparta, a young slave girl encounters a mysterious, grey-eyed princess. Melantho and Penelope, though from...
Having secured a first-class honours degree in Classical Literature and Civilisation at the University of Birmingham, Rosie Hewlett has studied Greek mythology in depth and is passionate about unearthing strong female voices within the classical world. Rosie currently lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and is now a full-time author spending her days lost inside her favourite stories from mythology.
Rosie is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Medea, Medusa and Sweetbitter Song.
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