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Bog Queen by Anna North follows Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist who travels to England after a remarkably preserved body is discovered in a peat bog. The remains turn out to be more than 2,000 years old, sending Agnes on a search to uncover who this mysterious Iron Age woman was and how she died.

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​The story moves between modern-day England and Iron Age Britain, gradually connecting Agnes with the woman whose remains she is studying. Meanwhile, conflict grows around the bog itself as commercial peat-cutters and environmental activists clash over whether the land should be exploited or protected. The novel blends historical fiction, mystery, archaeology, environmental themes, and a touch of the mystical, exploring our relationship with the land and the ways the past continues to shape the present.

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