The Warlow Experiment

An utterly transporting and original historical novel about an eighteenth-century experiment in personal isolation that yields unexpected—and deeply, shatteringly human—results.

"The best kind of historical fiction. Alix Nathan is an original, with a virtuoso touch."
—Hilary Mantel

Longlisted for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize

Herbert Powyss lives in an estate in the Welsh Marches, with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman's fashionable investigations and experiments in botany. But he lon...