Book description
Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspective of the woman at its centre.
It is not wise to anger the gods ... or to fall in love with one.
Psykhe has always been different. Fair as Venus, the goddess of…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Psykhe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As an author who writes about Ancient Rome and the Etruscans, I enjoyed delving into Forsyth's book which re-imagines the Roman myth of the love affair between Eros/Cupid, the god of love, and the mortal woman Pysche (Psykhe is the Greek spelling). Forsyth merges this myth with the legend of the evil Etruscan King Tarquin the Proud which is a great twist. Forsyth is renowned for reworking fairytales (she has a doctorate in them!) into history such as Bitter Greens (Rapunzel in Louis XIV's France), The Beast's Garden (Beauty and the Beast in WW2 Berlin) and Beauty in Thorns (Sleeping…
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