{"product_id":"9781846976223-hex","title":"Hex","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarkland Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning, former Granta Best Young British Novelist, Jenni Fagan tells the story of Geillis Duncan, a teenage girl caught up in the sixteenth century witch trials in the Scottish coastal town of North Berwick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in Scotland's history: the North Berwick Witch Trials.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIT’S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh’s High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace – and the tantalising prospect of escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHex\u003c\/em\u003e is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king’s violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This series has already produced two works of note and distinction. It raises the question – if a country cannot re-tell its history, will it be stuck forever in aspic and condemned to be nothing more than a shortbread tin illustration? \u003cem\u003eHex\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRizzio\u003c\/em\u003e are showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too’ – Stuart Kelly, \u003cem\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945833148513,"sku":"9781846976223","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33917986.jpg?v=1745607878","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846976223-hex","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}