Tom Bennett

An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.

Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be living alongside them.

An immersive look at how a young woman from a small village in 18th-century England became one of the UK's best-loved novelists.