![]() The story is told in alternating passages, moving between third person narrative, showing a broader picture, and Agnes’ own voice, showing the torment, the fear, the superstition, the desire, the longing, the jealousy, and the betrayal that have plagued her. We know how this is going to end so what makes this a slow-building but compulsive story is the psychological, emotional and spiritual journey we are brought on as we learn more about Agnes’ past. Condemned to death for her part in the murder of two men, with no prisons in Iceland at the time, Agnes is sent to wait out the time leading to her execution on the farm of the District Officer, his wife and their two daughters. Based on historical facts, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last person to be executed in Iceland in 1830. ![]()
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