House of names /
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
House of names / Colm Tóibín. - Unabridged. - 7 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. - 090000
Title from disc label. Compact discs.
Read by Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon.
Told in four parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands.
9781508227908 150822790X
9781508227908
11675055 DD30261 Recorded Books
11675055
Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae --Fiction.
Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) --Fiction.
Electra (Greek mythological figure) --Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Historical fiction.
House of names / Colm Tóibín. - Unabridged. - 7 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. - 090000
Title from disc label. Compact discs.
Read by Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon.
Told in four parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands.
9781508227908 150822790X
9781508227908
11675055 DD30261 Recorded Books
11675055
Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae --Fiction.
Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) --Fiction.
Electra (Greek mythological figure) --Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Historical fiction.