Burial Rites By (author) Hannah Kent

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD. 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.

• Publisher: PICADOR
• Format: Paperback | 384 pages
• Dimensions: 129mm x 197mm x 25mm | 278g
• Publication date: 1 March 2014
• Publication City/Country: London
• ISBN 10: 1447233174
• ISBN 13: 9781447233176
• Illustrations note: maps (black and white)