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The truth one year, heresy the next: The Book of Days, by Francesca Kay, reviewed

A richly imagined novel unfolds in an Oxfordshire village as the accession of the child king Edward VI brings another round of ‘newfanglery’ in religion

Holbein’s portrait of Edward VI, whose accession to the throne is central to The Book of Days. [Getty Images]
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  • The Book of Days

    Francesca Kay

    Swift Press, pp. 281, £16

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