The Knot by Jane Borodale

The Knot by Jane Borodale

'This is a perfect book for the green-fingered reader…Borodale excels for the detail of her research while telling an evocative story' Historical Novels Society

`Time flew as I was transported back to the Somerset Levels in the mid-sixteenth century … Jane Borodale exhibits a breathtaking knowledge of all things rural and horticultural, as well as embedding history within her narrative … There are great swathes of beautiful description … pitch-perfect’ Dovegreyreader blog

Praise for Jane Borodale’s first novel, THE BOOK OF FIRES:

'Jane Borodale displays a deft touch in this very pleasing story' MAUREEN WALLER, Daily Telegraph

`Borodale's refreshingly original approach and engaging style makes 'The Book of Fires’ a welcome addition to the historical fiction genre'
Yorkshire Evening Post

'A dark atmospheric novel from a fantastic new voice in fiction'
Bury Free Press, Book of the Week

'This author's debut excels in it's portrayal of the lot of the 18th-century underclass, of the development of the dark art of pyrotechny and of the swift and usually harsh treatment of
those whose sole crime was that of poverty… this 'Book of Fireworks' really works and it sparkles along at a fizzingly glorious pace. Literary pyrotechnics on a grand scale'
Lady

Jane Borodale studied site-specific sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art. She was recently Leverhulme writer-in-residence at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in Sussex. Her first novel, The Book of Fires, was shortlisted for the Orange New Writers Prize, and she lives in the West Country with her husband and two children.