![]() We meet Marie just as she is expelled from the French royal court and banished to England to be the new prioress of an ailing abbey filled with sick and starving nuns. Matrix introduces a warlike poet-nun, based on the real medieval author Marie de France, who challenges the Catholic church and the very foundations of patriarchy - while also exploring womanhood and unbridled sexuality. ![]() It has sisterhood, love, war, sex - and many graphic deaths, all entangled in a once-forgotten abbey in the English countryside. ![]() There's always the possibility of coming on too strong and imposing modern ideologies onto a period where they may not be as believable as the author hopes.īut Lauren Groff's Matrix is an inspiring novel that truly demonstrates the power women wield, regardless of the era. Setting a feminist story in the 12th century is no easy feat. ![]()
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