Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court and sent to Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.

Lauren Groff s modern masterpiece is about the establishment of a female utopia.

A propulsive, captivating read BRIT BENNETT
Fascinating, beguiling, vivid MARIAN KEYES
A dazzlingly clever tale THE TIMES
A thrillingly vivid, adventurous story about women and power that will blow readers minds. Left me gasping EMMA DONOGHUE