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📘 The butcher's daughter by Victoria Glendinning

Set in Tudor England, *The Butcher’s Daughter* follows Agnes Peppin, the daughter of a country butcher who is compelled to abandon her family to live as a nun at Shaftesbury Abbey. With her intellect she rises to become the Abbess’s assistant, gaining a foothold in the unstable political landscape of King Henry VIII’s reign. As the king declares himself head of the Church and monasteries are dissolved, Agnes’s secluded life is shattered, forcing her to confront the changing religious and social order. The novel examines how a woman of modest origins navigates gendered restrictions, religious reform, and political danger to claim her own destiny.

First publish date: 2018

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Victoria Glendinning

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