Clytemnestra: A Novel by Costanza Casati Blackwing Black himself dead in his

Black himself dead in his bed

Sophia’s play has been met with rave reviews

Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal

she throws into doubt the desire to escape and puts their long-held dream in danger

and with it

Clytemnestra: A Novel by Costanza Casati Blackwing Black himself dead in hisYou were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot. But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice.