{"product_id":"9780007439638_the-lady-tree","title":"The Lady Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnificent novel that vividly evokes the atmosphere of a seventeenth century English country estate, and the seething intrigue of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam where the population is in the grip of a fever of tulip trading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the Summer of 1636. In England botanist John Nightingale hides from his dangerous past at Hawkridge House, deep in the tranquillity of the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Holland, the population is gripped by a fever of speculation. Fortunes are gambled on the commodity markets, trading in spices, grain and even rare tulips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackmailed into leaving Hawkridge to join an elaborate money-making scheme in Amsterdam, a city of frenzied greed and luxury, haunted by the ever-nearer demons of his past, and falling in love with two very different women, John Nightingale must learn quickly the ways of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christie Dickason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284945780885,"sku":"9780007439638","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007439638.jpg?v=1776992213","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007439638_the-lady-tree","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}