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Burial Rites
The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
By Hannah Kent
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick! 'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe 'Gripping, intriguing and unique' – Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers Northern Iceland, 1829. A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover. A family forced to take her in. A priest tasked with absolving her. But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date. Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . . Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a dark, thrilling work of historical fiction, and a beautiful and gripping read. 'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' – Independent 'Remarkable' – Sunday Times 'A must-read' – Grazia Shorlisted for the Guardian First Book Award Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards One of the many extraordinary books featured in the Picador Collection.
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!
'Outstanding' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
'Gripping, intriguing and unique' – Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers
Northern Iceland, 1829.
A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover.
A family forced to take her in.
A priest tasked with absolving her.
But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date.
Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes's story . . .
Based on actual events, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a dark, thrilling work of historical fiction, and a beautiful and gripping read.
'One of the best Scandinavian crime novels I've read' – Independent
'Remarkable' – Sunday Times
'A must-read' – Grazia
Shorlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
One of the many extraordinary books featured in the Picador Collection.