Andy Miller

Pure word music

Magnus Mills’s novel The Field of the Cloth of Gold is certainly not about is Henry VIII. And what it is about doesn’t really matter. Just enjoy its pure word music

Magnus Mills (Photo: Getty)

  • The Field of the Cloth of Gold

    Magnus Mills

    Bloomsbury, pp. 207

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