{"product_id":"9780857303288","title":"Trial of Katterfelto","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last jittery years of the eighteenth century, England is hungry for marvels. In rides Doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, a celebrity conjurer who once performed for Kings and now lives by his wits, with his battered stage gear and his black cat Cleo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is joined by Roger Gossage, a young Moroccan Jew stranded in Britain. When a river accident leaves Katterfelto injured and Roger combing the Severn for lost property, he finds a dented silver horn, cold as a grave coin. When breathed into, it answers with a woman's voice - she speaks of far-off cities, strange machines and in riddles, and soon 'the Oracle of Clevelode' is the sensation of the Midlands. Crowds pack Duvernet's theatre and fields at dusk. Doom-preachers chant her phrases. Rival magicians and zealots circle. But then a shadowy Constable of the Night sets a trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs hysteria rises, Roger begins to suspect the horn is not a trick at all. In Nottingham a scientific committee is formed to test the oracle. What begins as theatre becomes obsession, and ends in a public trial for 'pretending to sorcery', with Roger fighting to save Katterfelto and the voice inside the horn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold as a breathless 'true account', \u003cem\u003eThe Trial of Katterfelto\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic historical fever dream about spectacle, belief, and the price of hearing the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Redhill, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56766317134210,"sku":"9780857303288","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780857303288.jpg?v=1784033593","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780857303288","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}