{"product_id":"the-witching-tide-9781668011379","title":"The Witching Tide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a best historical novel of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and ';\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ereminiscent of both \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamnet'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(Jezebel\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Witching Tide \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful debut \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEast 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMartha is caught between sus","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49411269034327,"sku":"9781668011379","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-witching-tide-9781668011379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}