The Dance Tree: The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

The gripping new novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies. ?Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne Strasbourg, 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 th eir 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. EAN: 9781529005189 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 27.04.2023 Beilage: B-format paperback Autoren: Hargrave, Kiran Millwood Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 292 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Historical Keyword: historical fiction; feminism; sapphic love story; female friendship; betrayal; dancing plague; mania; hysteria; religious persecution; forbidden love; 16th century; strasbourg; true story; BBC between the covers; book club Fachschema: Englische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Feminismus~Frauenbewegung / Feminismus~Frankreich / Roman, Erzählung, Humor~Lesbisch / Roman, Erzählung~Sechzehntes Jahrhundert / Roman, Erzählung~Straßburg Fachkategorie: Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch~Historische Liebesromane~Familienleben~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Regionalroman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Tod, Trauer, Verlust~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Seelenleben Interesse Alter: Bezug zu Lesben Altersempfehlung / Lesealter: 18 ab Alter: 18 Imprint-Titels: Picador Länge: 195 mm Breite: 128 mm Höhe: 21 mm Gewicht: 220 gr Produktform: Kartoniert