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Hannah Kent

Devotion

By Hannah Kent - Published 2022

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Devotion starts as a beautifully written historical novel, set in Prussia in the 1830s. Hanne is an outsider to her close-knit, highly religious ...Read Review

The Good People

By Hannah Kent - Published 2017

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Literary

A small village in early 19th-century Ireland is featured in this rustic tale of superstition and folklore. Nóra Leahy’s newly motherless ...Read Review

Burial Rites

By Hannah Kent - Published 2013

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Literary

Agnes Magnusdottir has been found guilty of murder. As the authorities wrangle over the date and method of her execution, she is sent ...Read Review

Hannah Kent

Devotion

The Good People

Burial Rites

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