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By (author) Haynes Natalie
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A defiantly feminist retelling of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.
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* A Marie Claire Best Book of 2026 *
Exiled daughter, abandoned wife, vengeful mother. But is that where the truth lies? This is the story of Medea as you’ve never heard it before.
Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, and if Jason ever reaches the distant land he seeks, he faces almost certain death.
Medea – priestess, witch, and daughter of the brutal king who jealously guards the fleece – has the power to save Jason”s life. Will she betray her family and her home?
Burning with desire for this stranger, as the gods intend, Medea chooses Jason over her kin. But their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning, and no one – not even those closest to them – will be safe when their passion is spent . . .
Based on the classic tragedy by Euripides, this is Medea as you’ve never seen her before . . .
Praise for Natalie Haynes:
‘Witty, gripping, ruthless’ – Margaret Atwood on Stone Blind
‘Fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight’ – The Guardian on A Thousand Ships
‘Passionate and gripping’ – Madeline Miller on The Children of Jocasta
‘Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer’ – Radio Times
No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from Natalie Haynes, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.
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It’s superb: sharp, funny, inventive, powerfully humane
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Natalie Haynes is a once-in-a-generation storyteller, and No Friend to This House is her masterpiece. Haynes does not so much retell the myth of Medea as excavate it, layer by devastating layer, for truths both timeless and timely. This is a stunning novel that cuts to the bone
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Haynes’ Medea is especially striking – both fearless witch and desperate lover – capturing all the facets and contradictions of the character in the ancient sources . . . Another masterpiece from Haynes
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Witty, gripping, ruthless
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An exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusa’s story, an emotional gut punch of a novel . . . It is a dazzling achievement
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Inventive and playful . . . [and] very funny
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With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War
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Absorbing and fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight
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A sparkling narrative . . . A Thousand Ships blows the dust off the classics
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Haynes balances a fresh take on the material . . . giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene
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A wonderful and inventive take on an ancient tale
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Glorious, gripping and brutal . . . I loved it
Biographical note:
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2020, and Stone Blind, a Sunday Times bestseller. Her non-fiction includes Pandora’s Jar, a bestseller in both the UK and the US, and Divine Might. She has written and performed ten series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stand Up for the Classics. In 2015, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics
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