{"product_id":"bxos6-matrix-9781804955802","title":"Matrix","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet the indomitable Marie de France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse, too wild, too rough-hewn for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court. Woefully, she is sent to the muddy fields of Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe abbey is a dreadful place: its inhabitants are on the brink of starvation, beset by disease, stoic and stern, yet plagued with an unholy tendency to gossip. Marie cannot help but pine for the decadence and comfort of France, her secret lover Cecily, her queen Eleanor and the very court that had spited her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet Marie soon realises that, though she may be tied to a life of duty, she wields more power than she could have imagined. With the fearlessness that has always set her apart, she inspires her new sisterhood to awaken their spirits and finally claim what is theirs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dazzling work of literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMatrix\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egathers currents of violence, sensuality and ecstasy in a mesmerising portrait of consuming passion and womanhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103355175118,"sku":"9781804955802","price":24.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781804955802_a.png?v=1753414933","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxos6-matrix-9781804955802","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}