Burial Rites - The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

*Shortlisted for the Women''s Prize for Fiction**BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!* ''Outstanding'' - Madeline Miller ''Gripping, intriguing and unique'' - Kate Mosse 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 thriller, 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 * Devotion , the new novel from Hannah Kent, is out now!*

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Kent, Kent Hannah
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781035038626
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3503862-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 196 mm x 129 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Picador Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, Historical fiction, True Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Iceland, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1820 to c 1829, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction based on or inspired by true events