Laura Shepperson
Laura Shepperson has been fascinated by myths and retellings since studying the classics at university, and her novel Phaedra updates the story of the sister of the Minotaur. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize for Fiction. She holds a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge and is trying to learn Ancient Greek. She lives with her husband and children outside London.
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Phaedra
- By: Laura Shepperson
- Narrator: Jade Wheeler
- Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 10, 2023
- Language: English
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Phaedra has been cast to the side all her life: daughter of an adulteress, sister of a monster, and now unwilling bride to the much-older, power-hungry Theseus. Young, naive, and idealistic, she has accepted her lot in life, resigned to existing... Read more
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