β Scribed by Hannah Kent
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the bestselling author of the multi-award-winning Burial Rites
"Lyrical and unsettling ... A literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller, Hannah Kent takes us on a frightening journey towards an unspeakable tragedy. I am in awe of Kent's gifts as a storyteller." Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
"a thoroughly engrossing entrΓ©e into the macabre nature of a vanished society, its virtues and its follies and its lethal impulses." Thomas Keneally, winner of the Booker Prize
"Hannah Kent's much-anticipated second novel is a thoroughly atmospheric and involving read"Books and Publishing
The fires on the hills smouldered orange as the women left, pockets charged with ashes to guard them from the night. Watching them fade into the grey fall of snow, Nance thought she could hear Maggie's voice. A whisper in the dark.
_"Some folk are born different, Nance. They are...
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