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Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year

'Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily Mail

Inspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.

In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.

Edinburgh, 1679. Lady Christian 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: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.

Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, 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 . . .

Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

'A masterpiece' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

'Riveting . . . the tension persists until the last page' - The Times

*The Maiden was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05/03/2024

Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year

'Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily Mail

Inspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.

In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.

Edinburgh, 1679. Lady Christian 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: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.

Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, 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 . . .

Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

'A masterpiece' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

'Riveting . . . the tension persists until the last page' - The Times

*The Maiden was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05/03/2024

Über den Autor
Kate Foster worked as a national newspaper journalist for more than twenty years before becoming an author. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her previous novels include The Maiden, which won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and The King's Witches. The Mourning Necklace is her third novel. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 384 S.
ISBN-13: 9781529091748
ISBN-10: 1529091748
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Foster, Kate
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Pan Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 129 x 195 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Kate Foster
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,274 kg
Artikel-ID: 127183258

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