Burning Library

''An exciting and multi-layered academic thriller that reads with the pace and complexity of a feminist The Da Vinci Code'' Irish Independent ''A race against time through ancient manuscripts where every revelation comes with a price'' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The New Neighbours _______________________________ For over a century two rival organisations of women have gone to deadly lengths to secure a precious scrap of fraying embroidery in the hopes of finding the original medieval manuscript from which it was torn. There''s the Order of St Katherine: devoted to the belief that women must pull strings in the shadows in order to exercise covert control. And the Fellowship of the Larks: determined to amass as many overt positions of power for women as possible . . . while making sure their methods never come to light. When trailblazing paleographer Dr Anya Brown is