{"product_id":"9781529005219-dance-tree","title":"The Dance Tree","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA BBC Between the Covers book club pick\u003cbr\u003eThe gripping novel from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a transporting story of lust, family secrets and women under the eye of the Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling' - Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intriguing, haunting . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint, author of \u003ci\u003eAriadne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping, historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, \u003ci\u003eThe Dance Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrasbourg, 1518.\u003c\/b\u003e In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency. Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust beyond the city’s limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum, Lisbet’s sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years’ penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a secret that Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a dangerous tune .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e . \u003cb\u003eAn exceptionally atmospheric, original story' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Spellbinding' - Elodie Harper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Den\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40024153522273,"sku":"9781529005219","price":12.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28276430.jpg?v=1722497895","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529005219-dance-tree","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}