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istorical fiction and other retellings of ancient myth with settings in the ancient world ancient australia the book of science and antiquities 2018 by thomas keneally nyarla and the circle of stones 2015 the fethafoot chronicles 1 by pemulwuy weeatunga ancient china she who became the sun 2021 the radiant emperor 1 by shelley parker chan ancient greece circe 2018 by madeline miller circe is a chronologically coherent rewrite of the ancient stories of circe written from a feminist perspective the circe of homer and ovid gets a bad press the daughter of the god helios and either the goddess hecate or the nymph perse she is a violent predatory female who uses her powers as a witch to wreak vengeance when she is thwarted miller gives the reader a different perspective house of names 2017 by colm tóibín a retelling of clytemnestra s story after the murder of her daughter a mother who s been used to lure her daughter to be sacrificed by her own father would surely suffer a torrent of emotions but tóibín s retelling fails to convey them the songs of the kings 2002 by barry unsworth a retelling of an ancient story told by the greek tragic poet euripides preceding the trojan war from which odysseus returns in homer s odyssey it s the tragedy of iphigenia in aulis the penelopeaid 2005 by margaret atwood penelope is the wife waiting ten loyal years for odysseus to come home and and margaret atwood tells her story as only a good feminist can it s funny because her maids keep interrupting her eleanor dilley recommends where three roads meet 2008 by salley vickers to be gripping a retelling of the oedipus myth woven around the last years of sigmund freud see goodreads ancient india the queen s play 2014 by aashish kaul a retelling of the inventions of chess ancient indonesia calon arang the story of a woman sacrificed to patriarchy 2016 by toeti heraty translated by iwan mucipto moeliono and kadek krishna adidharma a version of blame the woman from 12th balinese and javanese folklore wikipedia tells us that calon arang was a witch and a master of black magic but this retelling is from a feminist perspective the birth of i la galigo i la galigo lahir 2005 by muhammad salim sapardi djoko damono and john h mcgynn an epic creation myth of the bugis from south sulawesi written down in manuscript form between the 18th and 20th century in the indonesian language bugis based on an earlier oral tradition in this translation women s perspectives are included ancient persia sons of the rumour 2009 by david foster 2 a satirical reinvention of the thousand and one nights ancient rome and empire including troy i claudius 1934 by robert graves the classic retelling of the machinations in the roman imperial court purportedly narrated by the emperor claudius helena 1950 by evelyn waugh a fictionalised life of helena empress of the roman empire and the mother of constantine the great who reigned from 306 337 the tales of ancient rome trilogy by elisabeth storrs it features the defeat of the etruscans by rome and the life that ensues for the central female character by elisabeth storrs and comprises the wedding shroud 2010 the golden dice 2013 call to juno 2016 an imaginary life 1978 by david malouf an intriguing life in exile for the poet ovid the silence of the girls 2018 by pat barker an unfulfilled ambition to redress historical gender inequity in an archaic piece of literature and link that to the contemporary metoo movement the song of achilles 2011 by madeline miller a retelling of homer s ancient tale of the greek hero achilles and the siege of troy elevating women beyond the bit parts they play in the iliad ransom 2009 by david malouf a beautiful retelling that takes us into the hearts and minds of the characters in the iliad biblical settings the tomb guardians 2021 by paul griffiths the panic stricken response of the guards who find that jesus has left his tomb one illumined thread 2023 by sally colin james written in three time frames the biblical timeframe is set in ancient judea cain a novel 2009 by josé saramago translated by margaret jull costa a provocative retelling of the story of cain who murdered his brother the first of many occasions when cain challenges the logic of the lord s punishments the secret chord 2015 by geraldine brooks a fictionalisation of the life of the biblical david the one who composed the psalms and his quest to unite the tribes of israel under one king the testament of mary 2012 by colm tóibín a retelling of mary s grief stricken response to the way her son jesus s death is being politicised not the meek virtuous selfless and heroic symbol that the church needed her to be as part of its identify the book of rachael 2011 by leslie cannold an imagined life of the sister of jesus nothing is known of her not even her name and to right this wrong that insults all women cannold has created a rich and turbulent life almost as messianic as jesus own the good man jesus and the scoundrel christ 2009 by philip pullman published to capitalise on the recent atheists convention here in melbourne not wanted on the voyage 1984 by timothy findley a fictionalised and somewhat blasphemous account of the ark as in noah s showing all the problems and jealousies and discomforts and downright unchristian values that underpin the story of course you could always read the originals on which these retellings are based the blog at readings has just published a post about which translations to choose for the odyssey no doubt there is plenty of advice out there for which translations are best for other texts but it s beyond my expertise to suggest anything except that i really like robert fagles translations of the odyssey the iliad and the aeneid share this share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on mastodon opens in new window mastodon share on threads opens in new window threads share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading 2026 prime minister s literary awards shortlists august 11 2026 lisa hill 10 comments the prime minister s literary awards shortlists were announced today fiction a piece of red cloth leonie norrington merrkiyawuy ganambarr stubbs djawa burarrwanga and djawundil maymuru see my review arborescence rhett davis see my review in the name of the trees merlinda bobis out of the woods gretchen shirm the immigrants fabula mirabilis or a wonderful story moreno giovannoni australian history fearless beatrice faust sex feminism and body politics judith brett see my review first tasmanians a deep history shayne breen playtime a history of australian childhood emily gallagher the australian wars rachel perkins stephen gapps mina murray and henry reynolds the southern frontier rohan howitt congratulations to all the authors publishers editors and cover designers yes i will add the rest of the cover images when i get back from another medical appointment the winners will be announced on 10th september 2026 to see nominations for awards in other categories see here share this share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on mastodon opens in new window mastodon share on threads opens in new window threads share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading not that sort of girl 1987 by mary wesley august 10 2026 lisa hill 21 comments ah mary wesley what a nostalgic treat this novel turned out to be mary wesley 1912 2002 found herself in financial straits after the death of her third husband so aged 71 took to writing to generate an income and in 1983 burst into our lives with jumping the queue she went on to write ten novels and my friends and i read them them as soon as they arrived a year or so apart we loved her books because she was such a sly and witty observer of human nature and wasn t inhibited about revealing their flaws some of her friends and relations were peeved about this but she didn t care i ve read nearly all of her oeuvre except for a dubious legacy and an imaginative experience which i missed because i was studying at the time links are to wikipedia because i read them before starting a reading journal much less a blog jumping the queue 1983 the camomile lawn 1984 harnessing peacocks 1985 the vacillations of poppy carew 1986 not that sort of girl 1987 second fiddle 1988 a sensible life 1990 a dubious legacy 1992 an imaginative experience 1994 part of the furniture 1997 not that sort of girl is the story of rose who marries ned to please her parents ned is older than she is and wealthy and as in turns out not exactly faithful but romantic capricious flighty mylo with whom she has fallen in love is not suitable because he is a penniless tutor of french english parentage and tut tut doesn t even have a degree the marriage to ned is done in haste at the outbreak of ww2 and eighteen year old rose is left at the country mansion slepe to make the best of her circumstances as a good wife the novel begins when after fifty years safe dependable boring ned dies throughout that time her heart has always been with mylo and in her new widowhood she reflects on the surprising way she managed to have her cake and eat it too but not that sort of girl is not some soppy story of a love triangle it s much more sophisticated than that the timeline focuses in on the war years wesley whose own background was privileged reveals the gulf between the way ww2 was experienced by the rich and the poor in the brisk few days of the honeymoon spent at the farm instead of somewhere exotic ned stockpiles petrol groceries and other supplies and rose joins in with her own list of things they might run out of when rationing comes in these people always have money for hotels and restaurants and impulsive trips for liaisons and ned what s more has had the foresight to offer his mansion for use by the war office so that sharpintakeofbreathbecausemyfatherwasanevacuee he won t be compelled to have evacuees who have nits in their hair and wet the bed ned has a good war in the territorials in egypt for a while and then in the war office which means he spends most of his time in london mylo who flits in and out of rose s life with peremptory summons to which she always submits is doing something so secret and so dangerous that when he s in france he dares not even think of her in case he speaks english in an unguarded moment wesley who herself worked in the war office never specifies what he was doing only that he was in and out of france guiding people to flee at one stage he is threatened with discipline because he delays a return to britain to enable the additional rescue of his aunt who like his mother was jewish he was probably in the soe the special operations executive not revealed to the public until 1993 six years after this novel was published the characterisation of the minor characters is brilliant twins nicholas and emily have an enigmatic relationship and an amoral attitude to life they sit out the war in the ministry of agriculture taking advantage of anything they can wangle but that s not all they take emily has an intermittent affair with ned and she charges books to ned s account on the sly so much so that ned writes to rose from egypt asking her to rein in their expenses once emily even takes ned s change from a restaurant bill these two are the epitome of selfishness always imposing themselves on rose getting in the way and being no help with anything at all the farthings gardener and housekeeper at slepe turn out to be smarter than most of the upper classes around them and are kindly and loyal to rose as well uncle archibald is exactly like those awful old fossils one still occasionally has the misfortune to meet oozing privilege antisemitism and a propensity for metoo moments rose s mother is the mother from hell but she turns out to be more complex than at first glance and she serves as a role model for rose when she too is widowed women living their lives for other people and their expectations shouldn t be denied their anger and mrs freeland who isn t free at all until her husband dies is bitter and twisted because she s never had the chance to be happy maybe she s what rose might have been if she hadn t been able to indulge her passion for mylo perhaps also mary wesley wanted to deal with the assumptions made about people with hidden lives everybody writes off rose as someone who had a boring life more unjustly they think that people like mylo had a quiet war for decades the clever women at bletchley park could say nothing about their crucial war work and the courageous operatives of the soe were silent while people like ned were rewarded with medals today they are acknowledged in fiction and film but it must have rankled all the same mary wesley died nearly a quarter of a century ago but some of her novels are still available in my library and you can still order her novels at australian bookshops like readings so they re probably still available everywhere i read this book at this time for 20booksof winter hosted by annabel to see my progress click here author mary wesley title not that sort of girl publisher black swan 1995 cover designer not acknowledged isbn 9780552993043 pbk 289 pages source personal library opshopfind share this share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on mastodon opens in new window mastodon share on threads opens in new window threads share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading spell the month in books august 2026 august 9 2026 lisa hill 16 comments spell the month in books is a linkup hosted on reviews from the stacks on the first saturday of each month but that s the day for 6degrees so here we are running late jana has been busy with her brand new baby but the indefatigable davida from the chocolate lady s book review blog has reminded us that for the time being there is no theme so we can choose our own and just as well because there are two of those tricky u s in august inspiration however came quickly because i found some handy authors whose names begin with u and lo they just happen to coincide nicely with wit women in transation month a first up is the belarussian nobel prize winning author svetlana a lexievich whose oral history the unwomanly face of war translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky opened our eyes to t...
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