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Prize for the Fire: A Novel Hardcover – October 25, 2022
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In a deft blend of history and imagination, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew brings to life a young woman who defied the conventions of her time, ultimately braving torture and the fire of martyrdom for her convictions. A rich evocation of Reformation England, from the fenlands of Lincolnshire to the teeming religious underground of London to the court of Henry VIII, this gripping tale of defiance is as pertinent today as it was in the sixteenth century.
While skillfully portraying a significant historical figure—one of the first female writers known to have composed in the English language—Prize for the Fire renders the inner life of Anne Askew with a depth and immediacy that transcends time.
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
- Publication dateOctober 25, 2022
- Dimensions6 x 1.31 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100806190728
- ISBN-13978-0806190723
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“Prize for the Fire is a triumph. Rilla Askew has captured the unquenchable spirit of a singular woman, Anne Askew, as she stands alone against the violent, tumultuous England of Henry VIII’s final years. Readers of literary and historical fiction will find that this deeply researched novel and its passionate, elegiac prose will stay with them long after they close the book on Anne’s story. Highly recommended.”—Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp Mystery series
“With poise and restraint, Rilla Askew’s historical novel Prize for the Fire tells the brilliant, multifaceted story of an intelligent, virtuous, and indomitable woman.”—Foreword Reviews
“The novel deftly shows the insecurity of the times. It succeeds in taking us inside the head of a religious fanatic, making her credible, sympathetic, and, in a way, inspiring. Highly recommended.”— ReadingWorld with Susan Coventry
“The author writes powerfully of this world of diminished and marginalized women… Prize for the Fire has the tone and feel of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, and it stands tall among the best of Tudor historical fiction.”—Historical Novel Society
“Like the gospel translators who changed Anne’s life, Askew portrays a principled life and dramatic era in clear, vivid prose. The themes remain pertinent – the suppression of women’s voices and the struggle for freedom in thought and religion. Askew has found in one Lincolnshire woman a symbol of courage and independence we would do well to remember.”—Lincolnshire Life Magazine
“A page-turner. Prize for the Fire is a gripping saga—a very fine book and a major accomplishment.”—Story Circle Network
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- Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press (October 25, 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0806190728
- ISBN-13 : 978-0806190723
- Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.31 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #625 in Renaissance Historical Fiction (Books)
- #782 in Renaissance Literary Criticism (Books)
- #4,254 in Biographical Fiction (Books)
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About the author
Best known for her 2001 seminal novel about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, FIRE IN BEULAH. Askew has received the American Book Award, the Western Heritage Award, the Oklahoma Book Award, and the Myers Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. A PEN Faulkner finalist, Askew was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame in 2003 and received the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Her forthcoming novel about the 16th century English martyr Anne Askew will be published in October 2022.
In 2009 Askew received the Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her novel KIND OF KIN, which deals with a fractured family affected by a ruthless new anti-immigration law, was a finalist for the Western Spur Award, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, and was long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC Prize.
Askew's recent book of creative nonfiction, MOST AMERICAN: Notes From A Wounded Place, has been called by Kirkus Reviews "a thoughtful memoir in essays." In nine linked works of creative nonfiction, Askew spotlights the complex history of her home state. From the Trail of Tears to the Tulsa Race Massacre to the Murrah Federal Building bombing, Oklahoma appears as a microcosm of our national saga. U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo says of the work: "In Most American, Askew teaches us to see with wiser eyes."
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However, by the time I was 10 pages in, I was hooked. Askew is a meticulous writer and researcher. She brought me into the world of Anne Askew, a 15-year-old girl married to a harsh, even brutal, man in the place of her sister, who had died, and there I stayed until the book’s end.
From the beginning, Anne simply cannot keep her mouth shut, and as the book goes on, she manages to put not only herself but her family in peril. There were times I wanted to climb into that book and stuff a sock in her mouth. How could she not realize the danger? She was a gentlewoman, yes, but “woman” is the operative part of that word. She receives scathing rebukes from her husband, her brothers, her parents, and even the Vicar (a thoroughly despicable man). And still, she persists in her religious fanaticism, flaunting it as often as she can.
A Prize for the Fire provides a sense of place and time like no other I have read. Coupled with Askew’s deft writing and sensitivity, it is truly a stunning work. I highly recommend it.
This book with its short chapters and the imagined action in between makes the book very readable and I think it moves along quickly.
One of the things I find most compelling about the story is the realization that women's issues today reflect women's issues in the sixteenth century.