Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton
Regular price
€32.50
A01=Jennifer N. Brown
academia
Author_Jennifer N. Brown
Category=FH
Category=FYJ
debut author
dual timeline
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_thrillers
feminist history
forthcoming
henry the 8th
henry viii
historical fiction
historical mystery
missing treasure
murder myster
my lady jane
nuns
professor
prophesy
protestant reformation
reformation era
six
suspense
tudor england
Product details
- ISBN 9781250383594
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 18 May 2026
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Historian Alison Sage has made a groundbreaking archival discovery - she found a manuscript containing the prophecies of a 16th century nun, Elizabeth Barton. Barton’s prophecy condemning Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn led to her execution and the destruction of all copies of her prophecies - or so the world believed.
With Alison’s discovery, she is catapulted to academic superstardom and scores an invitation to the exclusive Codex Consortium, a week of research among a select handful of fellow historians at a crumbling manor in England, located next to the ruins of the priory where Elizabeth herself once lived.
What begins as a promising conference turns into a nightmare as the eerie house becomes the site of a murder. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect, and it seems that answers lie at the root of a local legend about centuries-old hidden treasure. Alison’s research makes her best-suited to solve the mystery - but when old feelings resurface for a former colleague, and the stakes of the search skyrocket, everyone's motives become murky.
Alison’s cutthroat world of academia is almost as dangerous as Elizabeth Barton’s sixteenth-century England, where heretics are beheaded, visions can kill, and knowing who to trust is a deadly art. The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton is a thrilling novel, crackling with the voices of the past and propelled by a mystery that will leave readers in suspense until the very last page.
JENNIFER N. BROWN is a professor of English literature and a dean of Arts and Sciences who specializes in medieval literature written for and by women. She has published a lot on this topic but The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton is her first novel. She lives in the Boston area with her husband, their two children, and two miniature dachshunds.
