Robyn Cadwallader

From a remarkable new Australian author comes The Anchoress, a story set within the confines of a stone cell measuring seven paces by nine. Tiny in scope but universal in themes, it is a wonderful, wholly compelling fictional achievement. Set in the twelfth century, The Anchoress tells the story of Sarah, only seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress,...

From Robyn Cadwallader, author of the internationally acclaimed novel The Anchoress, comes a deeply profound and moving novel about the importance of creativity and the power of connection, told through the story of the commissioning of a gorgeously decorated medieval manuscript, a Book of Hours. London, 1321: In a small shop in Paternoster Row, three people are drawn together around...

From Robyn Cadwallader, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Anchoress and Book of Colours, comes a vibrant, richly imagined and deeply moving novel set in the turbulent world of thirteenth-century England. Longlisted for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize. England, 1276: Forced to leave her home village, Eleanor moves to Lincoln to work as a housemaid. She's prickly,...