''One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty'' Sarah Waters

The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillarsAs we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.

''As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy'' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement

''Spellbinding . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page'' Sunday Times

''Magnificent'' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph

Format Häftad Omfång 352 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2021-01-28 ISBN 9780241454817