{"product_id":"plague-charmer","title":"Plague Charmer","description":"Review\n\nA brilliant writer, with a real sense of history -- Susanna Gregory\n\nIf you like dark, atmospheric, historical fantasy, then this is definitely one for you ― Daily Mail\n\nA dark read... fear and hysteria are portrayed with claustrophobic skill ― The Times\n\nA really good read... as much one for first time Maitlanders as it is for the fans ― Bookbag\n\nKaren Maitland is the go-to writer for gruesome medieval murk ― Writing Magazine\n\nWritten in dark but engaging prose, it is historical fiction with an apocalyptic twist ― Lady\n\nOffbeat, absorbing ― BBC History magazine\n\nProduct Description\n\n1361. An unlucky thirteen years after the Black Death, plague returns to England.\n\n'Fear and hysteria are portrayed with claustrophobic skill' THE TIMES\n\n'Dark and enthralling... with an unexpected hero' JULIE COHEN\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Company of Liars, Karen Maitland, The Plague Charmer is a darkly compelling novel following a stranger who arrives in an isolated community in the grips of a medieval pandemic.\n\nWhen the sickness reaches the village of Porlock Weir, who stands to lose the most? And who will seize this moment for their own dark ends?\n\nThe dwarf who talks in riddles?\n\nThe mother who fears for her children?\n\nThe wild woman from the sea?\n\nOr two lost boys, far away from home?\n\nPESTILENCE IS IN THE AIR. BUT SOMETHING DARKER LURKS IN THE DEPTHS.\n\nWhy readers are gripped by The Plague Charmer\n\n'Its horrors are vividly told but with an underlying sense of human resilience and hope'\n\n'A real page turner'\n\n'The best and worst of human behaviour in troubled times'\n\n'Poignant, shocking and haunting'\n\n'It was so easy to be drawn into this world...'\n\nBook Description\n\nAn unlucky thirteen years after the Black Death, plague returns to England.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nKaren Maitland is an historical novelist, lecturer and teacher of Creative Writing, with over twenty books to her name. She grew up in Malta, which inspired her passion for history, and travelled and worked all over the world before settling in the United Kingdom. She has a doctorate in psycholinguistics, and now lives on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594200559701,"sku":"9781472235862N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/56de2289-2a06-4010-94a0-8ce31946daf1.jpg?v=1682332818","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/plague-charmer","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}