Author(s): Lauren Groff

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSAN OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR'Gorgeous, sensual, addictive' SARA COLLINS'Brightly lit' NAOMI ALDERMANBorn from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court and sent to Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.Lauren Groff's modern masterpiece is about the establishment of a female utopia.'A propulsive, captivating read' BRIT BENNETT'Fascinating, beguiling, vivid' MARIAN KEYES'A dazzlingly clever tale' THE TIMES'A thrillingly vivid, adventurous story about women and power that will blow readers' minds. Left me gasping' EMMA DONOGHUE