{"product_id":"the-plague-charmer","title":"The Plague Charmer","description":"\u003cp\u003e1361. An unlucky thirteen years after the Black Death, plague returns to England.Fear and hysteria are portrayed with claustrophobic skill THE TIMESDark and enthralling... with an unexpected hero JULIE COHENFrom the bestselling author of Company of Liars, Karen Maitland, The Plague Charmer is a darkly compelling novel following a stranger who arrives in an isolated community in the grips of a medieval pandemic.When the sickness reaches the village of Porlock Weir, who stands to lose the most? And who will seize this moment for their own dark ends?The dwarf who talks in riddles?The mother who fears for her children?The wild woman from the sea?Or two lost boys, far away from home?PESTILENCE IS IN THE AIR. BUT SOMETHING DARKER LURKS IN THE DEPTHS.Why readers are gripped by The Plague CharmerIts horrors are vividly told but with an underlying sense of human resilience and hopeA real page turnerThe best and worst of human behaviour in troubled timesPoignant, shocking and hauntingIt was so easy to be drawn into this world...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Review","offers":[{"title":"Maitland Karen \/ paperback","offer_id":47846595068149,"sku":"SONG147223586X","price":11.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91z22VcPmAL.jpg?v=1773835315","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-plague-charmer","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}