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By Alix Nathan

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Unabridged — 10 hours, 30 minutes

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Named one of the best books of 2019 by the Daily Mail,*The*Sunday Times*(London), and the BBC**

An utterly transporting and original historical novel about an eighteenth-century experiment in personal isolation that yields unexpected--and deeply, shatteringly human--results.

"The best kind of historical fiction. Alix Nathan is an original, with a virtuoso touch."
--Hilary Mantel

****Herbert Powyss lives in an estate in the Welsh Marches, with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman's fash...