Electra is eagerly looking forward to her father Agamemnon’s triumphant return to Mycenae after the long war in Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus have other plans – Clytemnestra cannot forgive her husband for the sacrifice of her eldest daughter Iphigenia at the start of the war, and Aegisthus covets the kingship. Instead of celebrating his return, they murder him horribly; and suddenly Mycenae isn’t a safe place for Electra or her brother Orestes. Orestes goes into exile, and Electra has to submit to a humiliating fate. When Orestes eventually returns, there is only one word on his mind – revenge!

What part will Electra play in this?

The third book in an exciting Young Adult series set in Ancient Greece.

Frances Thomas was born in Wales, but has lived in London for most of her life. Some years ago, she and her historian husband moved to mid-Wales. She has written many books for adults and children. One of her recent children’s novels, Finding Minerva, won the Tir na nOg prize in 2008, and her picture book, Supposing, illustrated by Ross Collins, won a Scottish Arts Council Award in 1999.

Her biography of Christina Rossetti has been recently reprinted. As well as writing, she worked for many years teaching dyslexic children. She has two adult daughters and two grandchildren. Visit her website here.

‘Frances Thomas writes with a sure, light touch, bringing out to the full the beauty and tragedy of the legend. I really loved it.’
– Katherine Langrish, author of West of the Moon

A well-researched and thoroughly engrossing read.’
– Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller

Take a look at the Girls of Troy Trilogy AI sheet.