![]() Her second novel, The Children of Jocasta, was published in 2017. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, was published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, as was The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, her previous book. Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster and – according to the Washington Post – a rock star mythologist. From the author of Pandora’s Jar and the new Medusa novel, Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes shows you how to survive contact with someone who can turn you to stone with a glance. Natalie Haynes takes us on a fast-paced tour through the history of Medusa, who she was and why we still see her all around us. Gorgons and gorgon heads were an enormously popular feature on ancient statues and temples, so was Medusa always the terrifying monster we have made her? One of the most recognisable figures in Greek Myth: her face has stared out at us for millennia, from Agamemnon’s shield in the Iliad to Versace’s logo today. Haynes is the nation’s great muse - Adam Rutherford ![]()
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