Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. …
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.
Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.
352 pages
English language
Published Nov. 30, 2014 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited.
Paperback
Published by Picador, imusti.
Hardcover
Published May 11, 2013 by Picador.
audio cd, 10 pages
Published Sept. 10, 2013 by Little, Brown & Company.
336 pages
English language
Published Nov. 30, 2013 by Little Brown & Company.
352 pages
English language
Published Nov. 30, 2014 by Little Brown & Company.
256 pages
English language
Published Nov. 30, 2013 by Pan Macmillan.
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