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Matrix

By Lauren Groff
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Matrix by Lauren Groff is a richly textured historical novel that follows Marie de France, a young woman exiled from the royal court to a struggling abbey. As she navigates her new life, Marie uses her resilience and visionary leadership to transform the community into a thriving, self-sufficient haven. The novel explores themes of power, faith, and identity, set against a vivid backdrop of 12th-century England.
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If you appreciate immersive historical fiction with richly drawn characters, this novel might captivate you. It delves into the life of a determined and unconventional woman navigating a medieval world, blending themes of power, devotion, and resilience with lyrical prose. Fans of character-driven stories exploring the intersection of history and personal ambition are likely to find it compelling.

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A remarkable new novel by Lauren Groff - Lush, gripping and ferocious MADELINE MILLER; Full of passion, wisdom and magic SARAH WATERS

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
AN OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR

Gorgeous, sensual, addictive SARA COLLINS
Brightly lit NAOMI ALDERMAN

Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court and sent to Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.

Lauren Groff's modern masterpiece, Matrix, is about the establishment of a female utopia.

A propulsive, captivating read BRIT BENNETT
Fascinating, beguiling, vivid MARIAN KEYES
A dazzlingly clever tale THE TIMES
A thrillingly vivid, adventurous story about women and power that will blow readers' minds. Left me gasping EMMA DONOGHUE

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Lauren Groff’s novel offers a reimagining of Marie de France's life, focusing on her transformation of a struggling convent through her visionary leadership. Critics praise the book for its vigorous and bold prose, exploring themes of female ambition, creativity, and power with resonance. The captivating writing is described as muscular and precise, merging historical detail with modern themes of gender and authority, creating an immersive and deeply affective reading experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529157864

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 193g

Pages: 272

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Lauren Groff Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Lauren Groff is a three-time National Book Award finalist and the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Fates and Furies and Matrix, and two short story collections, Delicate Edible Birds and Florida. She has won The Story Prize and been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work regularly appears in the New Yorker, the Atlantic and elsewhere, and she was named one of Granta's 2017 Best Young American Novelists.

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