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The Mourning Necklace: A Feminist Historical Novel from the Women's Prize-Longlisted Author

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'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 Appeal

Inspired 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.

They said I would swing for the crime and I did... I wear the rope-mark like a mourning necklace.

1724. 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.

But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.

It is Maggie. She is alive.

Bruised 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

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  • Publication Date: May 29, 2025
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  • Print Length: 303 Pages
  • File Size: 21 KB

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