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Write and Wrong Podcast Interview

'Historical and mythological fiction author, Susan C Wilson talks about her debut novel 'Clytemnestra's Bind', the many years she has spent researching, writing and editing it and the 'House of Atreus' trilogy that it is kicking off.'

Demythifying Podcast Interview

'Here at Demyth HQ we are HERE for all of the new retellings of our old faves and Clytemnestra's Bind DOES NOT DISAPPOINT! Taking the story we know and love and weaving in previously ignored aspects, we have a fresh take on the House of Atreus and its curse. Love these characters or hate them, you'll be feeling all the emotions with this roller coaster of a novel. While with us, Susan also indulges Lauren's penchant for the Scottish accent and Taggart memories.'

Love Reading UK Review Book of the Month

"The story is told in the first person, allowing such intimate access, you join her and see her thoughts as she makes her decisions. The epic nature of the tale and the individual cogs that fit together within it are absolutely fascinating. This world is brought to vividly intense life, with the focus on motherhood, and the strength of women."

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Historia Magazine: Motives of a Bronze Age Murderess

What springs to mind when we consider Clytemnestra from Greek mythology? Adulterous wife of Agamemnon? Killer of that hero, on his return from commanding the Greeks during the Trojan War?

From ancient times to the present day, Clytemnestra has been viewed as an archetypal female villain, the kind of wife a husband should dread. She is sly, deceptive, overly ambitious, too intelligent, vengeful – an unnatural woman, who upends the natural order.

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Big Bearded Bookseller Q&A

Find out about my writing life, favourite authors, most beloved childhood novels and more, as I discuss all things bookish with the Big Bearded Bookseller.

Historical Novel Society Review

"This relentlessly savage novel is powerfully written. Brutality is unflinchingly and convincingly described. The actions and reactions of the characters are, in their own contexts, both logical and plausible. Punishment is violent, bloody, and often undeserved. The evocation of Mycenae and its surroundings is memorably well done, as are the domestic arrangements within the citadel itself, with vivid descriptions of banquets, rituals and ceremonial vestments, all dimly lit by hearth fires and flickering torches."

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‘Golden Mycenae’, ‘wide-wayed Mycenae, ‘well-built Mycenae’: these are Homer’s epithets for the citadel where my novel Clytemnestra's Bind, the first instalment in The House of Atreus trilogy, takes place. In modern times, Mycenae gave its name to the entire Late Bronze Age civilisation of Greece, the Mycenaeans (of circa 1700 to 1070 BCE).

As a devotee of historical fiction, I wanted to anchor the trilogy in a credible pre-historical setting ... read more