The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Pages: 352
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780241454817
ISBN 10: 0241454816