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The enthralling tale of a powerful Greek goddess maligned in both myth and ancient history, as told by Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Saint.

'An exceptional achievement' ELODIE HARPER
'A very special novel' COSTANZA CASATI
'The essential mythological book of the decade' NIKITA GILL

When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter…

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1 author picked Hera as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

To read Hera is to read Jennifer Saint at her best: it was such a joy to enter the world of Olympus with her, and to see Hera reclaimed from her usual role of nagging wife and overbearing queen with a fierceness and a complexity that stayed with me long after I closed the book. The scope and ambition of the novel is breathtaking. Read it!

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