Burial Rites

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Picador/PanMacmillan
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: Reprint

Description: 338 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present and a small repair to top of back cover, but still a presentable copy. Based On A True Story

Publishers Description: In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men.Agnes is sent to wait on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonsson and his family, who are horrified and avoid Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant reverend appointed as Agness spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the summer months fall away to winter, Agness story begins to emerge. And as the days to her execution draw closer, the question burns: did she or didnt she

ISBN: 9781743516966