{"product_id":"the-maiden-kate-foster","title":"The Maiden - Kate Foster","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"right-content\" id=\"book-details-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's \u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdulteress. Whore.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurderess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-bio\"\u003eKate Foster has been a national newspaper journalist for over twenty years. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewon the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2020 prize for new writers. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-bio\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e384 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48518095405210,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/the-maiden-9781529091731.jpg?v=1782521639","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/the-maiden-kate-foster","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}