{"product_id":"the-witching-tide","title":"The Witching Tide","description":"Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and \"reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet\" (Jezebel), The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England.East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years. One autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. A \"witchfinder,\" Silas Makepeace has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and his arrival in Cleftwater strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day, local women are being detained. Martha is enlisted to search the accused women for \"devil's marks,\" and finds herself a silent witness to the hunt. Martha is caught between suspicion and betrayal; between shielding herself or condemning the women of the village. In desperation, she revives a wax witching doll that belonged to her mother, in the hope that it will bring protection. But the doll's true powers are unknowable, Martha harbors a terrible secret, and the gallows are looming... Set over the course of a few weeks that forever changed history, and for readers of Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood, The Witching Tide \"illuminates a dark historical period and cautions against its recreation\" (Kirkus Reviews).","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841092858061,"sku":"9781668011379","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_71ff45d1-8e95-43b5-b8eb-c380e28c8427.jpg?v=1792002972","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-witching-tide","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}