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[an-er-kee] / ˈæn ər ki /


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Now a botanist and apothecary, Cadfael aids the local sheriff in solving all manner of crimes committed in and near Shrewsbury Abbey during England’s 15-year civil war known now as the Anarchy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Appeared in the April 11, 2026, print edition as 'When the Supreme Court Nearly Imposed Anarchy on Oklahoma'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

His Décollage-style work featured on the cover of the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols as well as the band's single Anarchy in the UK.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Mr. Dalrymple’s book “The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company” will soon become a big-budget television series that he has compared to “Game of Thrones.”

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

The spirit of Anarchy spread everywhere his light and agitated wings.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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