{"product_id":"9781035052073","title":"The Mourning Necklace by Foster, Kate","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Foster, Kate\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 February 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 21 | 214g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e˜Moving and masterful . . . transports you to 18th-century Scotland and says as much about modern life as it does about those harrowing times' “ Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealInspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable original feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey said I would swing for the crime and I did . . . I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, the family of Maggie Dickson “ hanged for the murder of her newborn child “ drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them; passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Maggie. She is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family's questions. All that matters to her is answering one: will they hang her twice?Praise for Kate Foster:˜Riveting . . . The tension persists until the last page' “ The Times˜Tense, thrilling . . . with a decidedly feminist slant' “ Daily Mail˜Kate excels at bringing the forgotten women of history back to life and giving them the attention they deserve' “ Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter˜Captivating . . . Scratch beneath the surface of a Kate Foster novel and all of life is there in the most elegant prose' “ Marion Todd, author of the bestselling DI Clare Mackay series˜Brilliant . . . the new Hilary Mantel' “ Tina Baker, author of What We Did In The Storm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57849793446269,"sku":"9781035052073","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781035052073_2330242e-86f0-4ea0-b6ee-f36e84fc7285.jpg?v=1778775039","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035052073","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}