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Paperback pick: Burial Rites

A stunning piece of historical fiction is gripping Stacey Bartlett

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Paperback pick: Burial Rites

Burial Rites

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by Hannah Kent (Picador, £7.99)

This exquisite novel is based on a true case, that of Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman to be executed in Iceland.

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Sentenced to death in 1829 for the murder of her lover, Agnes spends her final months with a family who take her in.

Evocative and emotional, this is a stunning piece of historical fiction.

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