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Name: Bog Queen
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SKU: 9781399629966
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By Anna North

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'An iridescent contemporary folktale' LUCY ROSE 'A mesmerising novel' OBSERVER 'Sparkles like unearthed treasure' KALIANE BRADLEY Agnes, a young forensic anthropologist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is heading to a coroner's office to identify a body. But this body, found in a moss-layered... Read More

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'An iridescent contemporary folktale' LUCY ROSE

'A mesmerising novel' OBSERVER

'Sparkles like unearthed treasure' KALIANE BRADLEY

Agnes, a young forensic anthropologist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is heading to a coroner's office to identify a body. But this body, found in a moss-layered bog, is not like any she has seen before - its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, yet it is almost perfectly preserved.

Soon, Agnes is drawn into a complex, ancient mystery: the death of an Iron Age woman more like her than she knows.

Rich, wild and shimmering with mystery, Bog Queen weaves together the lives of two young women separated by many centuries - and connected by a landscape more mysterious than either can imagine.

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ISBN: 9781399629966

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Anna North is the author of three novels: Outlawed, America Pacifica, and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. Published in 2021, Outlawed was a New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club and Belletrist pick. In addition to her fiction writing, she is also a senior correspondent at Vox, covering American work and family life. Previously, she was a writer and editor at the New York Times, Salon, BuzzFeed and Jezebel. Anna North grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2009, and now lives in Brooklyn.

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