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Description
Bloomsbury presents Bog Queen by Anna North, read by Lily Newmark
“Bog Queen sparkles like unearthed treasure.” -Kaliane Bradley
The latest from New York Times bestselling novelist Anna North-a monumental discovery sets off a clash of worlds, past and present, over the fate of the land that holds us.
“An absolute astonishment.” -Vauhini Vara, Pulitzer Prize Finalist and author of The Immortal King Rao
When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she's ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved.
Soon Agnes is drawn into a mystery from the distant past, called to understand and avenge the death of an Iron Age woman more like her than she knows. Along the way, she must contend with peat-cutters who want to profit from the bog and activists who demand that the land be left undisturbed. Then there's the moss itself: a complex repository of artifacts and remains, with its own dark stories to tell.
As Agnes faces the deep history of what she has unearthed, she's also forced to question what she thought she knew about her talent, her self-reliance, and her place in the world. Flashing between the uncertainty of post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe at the dawn of the Roman era, Bog Queen brims with contemporary urgency and ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strange strengths in a landscape more mysterious and complex than either can imagine.
Product details
| Published | Oct 14 2025 |
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| Format | Audiobook |
| Duration | 7 hours and 46 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781635579680 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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An intricate work of historical fiction, a tightly woven mystery reminiscent of the police procedural Bones, and perhaps most of all, a transfixing excavation of the competing interests converging on the natural world in our present moment of ecological devastation, economic precarity, and historical forgetting . . . This expansive tale is about much more than a battle among scientists, environmentalists, and corporate interests. In confronting questions of duty, ambition, and community, North's magical novel renders the world-both ancient and modern-mysterious to us again.
Foreign Policy
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North reaches new heights with this brilliant novel.
Publishers Weekly, starred review, "Best Books of the Year"
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A remarkably crafted tale that asks important questions about the imprint we leave on our loved ones, our culture, and our land.
Booklist
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Bog Queen offers something for true crime fans as well as ancient history buffs . . . The mystery unfolds in two timelines, interspersing Agnes' fascinating investigation and the environmental and ethical issues it raises with the story of the Iron Age people who once traversed the same land.
Bookpage
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To this resonant mystery, the author Anna North brings a timely exploration of power, landscape and deep time, building a mesmerising novel.
The Observer
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A page-turning mystery and a graceful, sincere evocation of internal and external power struggles in changing worlds, from Roman Britain to a climate-broken UK. Bog Queen sparkles like unearthed treasure.
Kaliane Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of THE MINISTRY OF TIME
























