In the Shadow of the SolsticeA devastating feminist reimagining of Arthurian legend set in the dark and dangerous years after the Romans left Britain. Nin is joining the gilded world of her sister's husband a powerful man known only as the Bear. It's midwinter and there's victory to feast. And where better than at the Hall high above the mists of the Lake? Why is the Lake so unsettled? The bonds of love and ambition once united the Family. But as night falls and the shadows

and beautiful … has you captivated long after the last page’ ELA LEE

Her writing lifts the soul' Evening Standard Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962 and lives in Cambridge

is superb crime-writing’ Antti Tuomainen

Americans are dying

Yet Mathilde is driven by a sense of destiny that she will be her nation's saviour

where England bleeds into Wales

Lifelong enemies

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But it is the discovery of her husband's French notion of marriage--which includes a permanent mistress and a string of casual affairs--that sends Grace packing back to London with their "blessing

running from the economic ruins of their home country and their own unhappy lives