Joan by Katherine J. Chen

Joan by Katherine J. ChenA stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix'It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time' Hilary Mantel, twice Booker Prize winning author of The Mirror & the Light'A glorious, sweeping novel . . . Richly imagined, poignant and inspiring' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne'Chen earns the comparison [to Mantel]

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen

the pubs - and into the hidden gems waiting around every corner

husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford

as Faye sees it

whatever you were doing

Has all her hard work been for nothing

A misadventure of maturity

And that sheep have rectangular pupils

radical changes to the workplace and decades of policies that have placed self-interest above the collective good are damaging our communities and making us more isolated than ever before

'No historical novel this year was more witty

two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening

personably told