{"product_id":"night-owl-book-club-the-maiden","title":"Night Owl Book Club - The Maiden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin us for our June book club event on Monday, 12th June, at 8pm. We'll be meeting at The Crown \u0026amp; Kitchen in East Linton, where author Kate Foster will be joining us to discuss her debut novel \u003cem\u003eThe Maiden.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTickets include admittance to the event and a copy of the book (RRP £14.99), plus an Edinburgh Gin cocktail to enjoy on arrival (or please let us know if you would prefer a non-alcoholic mocktail). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note your copy of the book will be available for collection after its publication on the 27th April.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe event will include a discussion and Q\u0026amp;A with Kate Foster, followed by a book signing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease select 'local collection' at the checkout if you would like to pick up your copy from Night Owl. \u003c\/strong\u003eAlternatively, if you already have a copy of the book you can select a 'Cocktail only' ticket option. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis event is open to attendees aged 18+ only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A masterpiece. A thrilling historical murder tale but so much more. Vivid, evocative and full of humanity' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Twyford Code\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's \u003cem\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNews of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Threat hangs over every page like the awaiting guillotine, but the women in this book gleam sharper. Witty, gritty and full of heart, their voices rise through the brutality and hardship of 17th century Edinburgh, battling to be heard' - Cari Thomas, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThreadneedle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 384 pages, published 27th April 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Kate Foster:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Foster has been a national newspaper journalist for over twenty years. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2020 prize for new writers. 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