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This mesmerizing debut from Kent is a haunting fictionalized account of the final months of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, an Icelandic work maid condemned to execution in 1829. Charged with the brutal murder of two men, Agnes is shipped off to the Jónsson family's remote farm in northern Iceland to await her fate—death by beheading. As the narrative gracefully shifts among historical doc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More