{"product_id":"the-mourning-necklace","title":"The Mourning Necklace","description":"\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\u003cb\u003e' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by an infamous real-life case, \u003ci\u003eThe Mourning Necklace \u003c\/i\u003eis the unforgettable feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Foster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime, and I did . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1724\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eThe Mourning Necklace\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely superb . . . Kate Foster cannot put a foot wrong in this genre'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was so moved'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kate Foster is fast becoming one of my favourite authors'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 304 pages | Published May 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986404458845,"sku":"9781035052059","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781035052059.jpg?v=1774498448","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-mourning-necklace","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}