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Burial Rites
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This novel will appeal to readers interested in historical fiction, true crime, and stories with rich character exploration and atmospheric settings.
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Based on a true story, Burial Rites is a superb debut novel which explores the case of the last woman to be publicly beheaded in Iceland in 1829. Agnes Magnúsdóttir has been charged with the brutal murder of Natan Ketilsson, her former employer, and has been sent to an isolated residence where she is to be detained throughout her trial.
Horrified at having a cold murderer in their midst, the family, especially Margret the farmer’s wife, who live at the property, treat her with disdain and caution. A young assistant priest, Toti, has been appointed her spiritual guardian and must regularly visit her in an attempt to salvage her soul.
Through Toti’s visits, the family learns more about Agnes and the crime she’s apparently committed and, as the days to the beheading draw closer, they realise all is not what it first seemed.
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ISBN: 9780316239806
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 November 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Little, Brown
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 750g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Hannah Kent was born in Adelaide in 1985. Her first novel, Burial Rites, has been translated into nearly thirty languages and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize), the Guardian First Book Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Hannah is also the co-founder and publishing director of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings. The Good People is her second novel.
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