Historical fiction

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’Daily Mail

‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’Independent on Sunday

A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker

A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker

The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain

The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain

The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain

‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style

‘Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive’ Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

‘A buzzy debut with Mad Men meets White Lotus vibes that you won’t want to put down'Red Magazine

‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style

‘Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive’ Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

‘A buzzy debut with Mad Men meets White Lotus vibes that you won’t want to put down'Red Magazine

‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style

‘Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive’ Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable

‘A buzzy debut with Mad Men meets White Lotus vibes that you won’t want to put down'Red Magazine

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.

‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN

'Delightfully disturbing' iNEWS

'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.