{"product_id":"wandering-queen-the-1","title":"Wandering Queen, The","description":"'A beautifully woven tale with brilliant, confident writing, [Heywood] has illuminated the stories of ladies too often relegated to the role of villain or damsel' CLAIRE M ANDREWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King of Tyre is dead, his final words anointing his clever and strong-willed daughter, Elissa, as the new queen until his young son, Pygmalion, comes of age. But betrayal and danger soon haunt Elissa, and she is forced to flee the kingdom - exiled with a band of loyal followers and a broken heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter an arduous search for a new home, Elissa and her people settle in North Africa, and she is crowned Queen Dido: the ferocious and devoted ruler of her newly established city of Carthage. Soon a powerful trading hub, Carthage thrives under Dido's governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when a band of Trojan survivors, led by the valiant Aeneas, washes up on a nearby shore, Queen Dido is reminded of a promise she made long ago, never to trust or to love another again. Can Dido overcome her past and open herself - and her city - up to Aeneas, or is their love doomed to burn everything to the ground?","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57586391417167,"sku":"9781399730266","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781399730266_1-wandering-queen-the.jpg?v=1777457204","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/wandering-queen-the-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}