The Anchoress (book)

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The Anchoress
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Author Robyn Cadwallader
Set inEngland, 1255
Published2015
Publisher Sarah Crichton Books
Pages320
ISBN 9780374104252
OCLC 896126800
823.92

The Anchoress is a historical fiction novel by Robyn Cadwallader published by Sarah Crichton Books in 2015. [1] [2] [3] [4] The plot is set in the 13th-century England. [5]

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