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Burial Rites

Burial Rites( )
Author: Kent, Hannah
Read by: Christie, Morven
ISBN:978-1-74315-330-7
Publication Date:May 2013
Publisher:Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
Imprint:Bolinda Audio
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:AUD $49.95
Book Description:

Based on a true story,Burial Ritesis a superb debut novel which explores the case of the last woman to be publicly beheaded in Iceland in 1829. Agnes Magnsdttir has been charged with the brutal murder of Natan Ketilsson, her former employer, and has been sent to an isolated residence where she is to be detained throughout her trial. Horrified at having a cold murderer in their midst the family, especially Margret the farmere(tm)s wife, who live at the property treat her with disdain...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Crime
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14.6 x 13.4 cm
Book Weight:0.239 Kilograms
Author Biography
Kent, Hannah (Author)
Hannah Kent was born in 1985 in Adelaide, Australia. She is the co-founder and publishing director of Australian literary journal Kill Your Darlings. She won the inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award (2011). Burial Rites is her first novel. It won numerous awards including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier's People's Choice Award. Her second novel, The Good People, is being adapted into a film. She will be writing the screenplay.

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