{"product_id":"9781529091731","title":"The Maiden","description":"Author: Kate Foster\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529091731\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 232mm x 157mm x 32mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\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. \u003ci\u003e\"In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Edinburgh, 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: \u003ci\u003eAdulteress. Whore. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurderess. \u003c\/i\u003e Only 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 . . .","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065856843934,"sku":"ADS-9781529091731","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529091731.jpg?v=1738730023","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529091731","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}