{"product_id":"9781529091748-maiden","title":"The Maiden","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on the real life trial and execution of Lady Nimmo in seventeenth century Edinburgh, this is a gripping, feminist debut historical novel for fans of Stacey Halls and Sara Collins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Exceptional — a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by a real-life murder trial, \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdinburgh, 1679. \u003c\/b\u003eLady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: \u003ci\u003eAdulteress. Whore. Murderess. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A masterpiece’ — Janice Hallett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting . the tension persists until the last page’ — \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003ci\u003e*The Maiden \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05\/03\/2024\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524854161505,"sku":"9781529091748","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26726629.jpg?v=1721952580","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529091748-maiden","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}