{"product_id":"9781035052059","title":"The Mourning Necklace","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Foster, Kate \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 May 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e223 x 145 x 31 | 414g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Kate Foster can pluck a dark story from the depths of history and bring it to vivid life before your eyes . . . A strong contender for my book of the year' – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealInspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime, and I did . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson’s family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Hanged for the murder of her newborn child, passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family’s questions. All that matters to her is answering this one: will they hang her twice?* * *What readers are saying about The Mourning Necklace:'Absolutely superb . . . Kate foster cannot put a foot wrong in this genre''I was so moved''Kate foster is fast becoming one of my favourite authors'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46865259823363,"sku":"9781035052059","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035052059.jpg?v=1748253800","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781035052059","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}