{"product_id":"9781668011362-the-witching-tide-a-novel","title":"Meyer Margaret - The Witching Tide A Novel - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet (Jezebel) The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th - century England. East Anglia 1645. Martha Hallybread a midwife healer and servant has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning a sinister newcomer appears in town. A witchfinder Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for devil's marks and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable Martha harbors a terrible secret and the gallows are looming Set over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood The Witching Tide illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation (Kirkus Reviews).\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Witching Tide A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Meyer Margaret\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Scribner\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781668011362\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/5\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Meyer Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49622896836913,"sku":"IN-G-9781668011362","price":22.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781668011362.jpg?v=1724708706","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781668011362-the-witching-tide-a-novel","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}