{"product_id":"9780008405076","title":"Dark Earth: The new literary historical fiction novel from the Costa Award-winning author of In the Days of Rain","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘Magical and evocative’ Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘Heartachingly poignant’ Lucy Holland, author of \u003cem\u003eSistersong\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘An ancient tapestry of legend brilliantly rewoven’ Francis Spufford, author of \u003cem\u003eLight Perpetual\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe new novel from the Costa-Award winning author of \u003cem\u003eIn The Days of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eAD 500. An island in the Thames.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsla has a secret: she has learned her father’s sophisticated sword-making skills at a time when even entering a forge is forbidden to women. Her sister, Blue, has a secret, too: at low tide on the night of each new moon, she visits the bones of the mud woman, drowned by the elders of her tribe who wanted to make a lesson of someone who wouldn’t hold her tongue. When the local Seax overlord discovers Isla's secret there is nowhere for the sisters to hide, except across the water to the walled ghost city, Londinium. Here Blue and Isla find sanctuary in an underworld community of squatters, emigrants, travellers and looters, led by the mysterious Crowther, living in an abandoned brothel and bathhouse. But trouble pursues them even into the haunted city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Earth\u003c\/em\u003e takes us back to the very founding of Britain to explore the experience of women trying to find kin in a world ruled by blood ties, feuds and men in quest of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Superb … radically new and beautiful’ \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Thrilling’ Alice Albinia, author of \u003cem\u003eCwen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Pulses with the energy of a brave new world, a world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where a belief in myth and magic can save your life’ Katherine J. Chen, author of \u003cem\u003eJoan: A Novel of Joan of Arc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Stott's Dark Earth is a top-rated historical fiction that tells a coming of age story against a backdrop of cultural heritage and mythology. The book, filled with fairy folk tales and legends, is a bestseller that captivates readers with its rich narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Carolyn Brown (Paradise for Christmas), Sophie Keetch (Le Fay), Caitlin Starling (The Death of Jane Lawrence), Susanna Clarke (The Wood at Midwinter), and Mary Ann Shaffer (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Stott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889198977173,"sku":"9780008405076","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008405076.jpg?v=1776888495","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008405076","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}