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The Dance Tree

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies, The Dance Tree is a transporting story of lust, family secrets and women under the eye of the Church.

'Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling' - Marian Keyes'Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne'Spellbinding' - Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf DenThe gripping new novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The MerciesStrasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency. Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women.Just beyond the city's limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum, Lisbet's sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years' penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name.It is a secret that Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a dangerous tune . . .Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge.'Extraordinary . . . An exceptionally atmospheric, original story' - The Sunday Times

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
ISBN:
9781529005165
Published Date:
12/5/2022
Dimensions:
232mm x 153mm x 25mm
Weight:
378g
Category:
Historical fiction

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Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781529005165

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