The Books of Jacob Hilary Mantel Number one Sunday Times bestseller

Number one Sunday Times bestseller

Kiln’s lost civilization holds a wondrous

But then the women begin to die

Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband

and about how--and for whom--to live

The Books of Jacob Hilary Mantel Number one Sunday Times bestsellerAuthor: Tokarczuk Olga ISBN: 9781910695593 Format: Paperback Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions In the mid eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come,