{"product_id":"hex-darkland-tales","title":"Hex: Darkland Tales","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;A powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in Scotland's history: the North Berwick Witch Trials.\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;IT'S THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591.\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;On 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;As 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Hex\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\n\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;'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? \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Hex\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; and \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Rizzio\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; are showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too' - Stuart Kelly, \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Scotland on Sunday\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 112 pages | Published October 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966583783773,"sku":"9781846976223","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781846976223.jpg?v=1774348047","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/hex-darkland-tales","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}