{"product_id":"9781035052073","title":"The Mourning Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by an infamous real-life case, \u003ci\u003eThe Mourning Necklace \u003c\/i\u003eis the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Foster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1724\u003c\/b\u003e. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson - hanged for the murder of her newborn child - drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family's questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Kate Foster:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve' - Claire Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fourteenth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Captivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose' - Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel' - Tina Baker, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat We Did In The Storm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56677138465154,"sku":"9781035052073","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781035052073.jpg?v=1779989861","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035052073","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}