{"product_id":"the-corner-that-held-them-9780241454817","title":"The Corner That Held Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty' Sarah Waters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 Jan 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sylvia Townsend Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320523039098,"sku":"9780241454817","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241454817.jpg?v=1790656222","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-corner-that-held-them-9780241454817","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}