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The Mourning Necklace
A Historical Fiction Novel by Kate Foster
Subgenres:
- Feminist,
- 18th Century Scotland,
- Based on a True Story
This book is for you if you're into...
- True crime retellings set in 18th Century Scotland
- Feminist takes on infamous historical cases
- Stories where the dead refuse to stay buried
From Little Stack
Kate Foster has now written three phenomenal books based on real characters. I’ve chosen to include my favourite in this list, which is also her most recent novel.
Set in 18th Century Scotland, The Mourning Necklace is inspired by the real-life case of Maggie Dickson, also known as half-hanged Maggie, a Scottish woman who was charged with the murder of her baby and sentenced to hang for the crime, only to survive her sentence. I know that sentence made you immediately want to read this book. It did me! This book reimagines events leading up to her arrest and how she escaped death. It is an astonishing and powerful story about a woman who deserves to be remembered.
Inspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is the unforgettable feminist historical novel from the Women's Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster.
They said I would swing for the crime, and I did . . .
1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson's family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Hanged for the murder of her newborn child, passers-by avert their eyes from her cheap coffin on its rickety cart.
But as her family pray her soul rests in peace, a figure appears at the door.
It is Maggie. She is alive.
Bruised and dazed, Maggie has little time for her family's questions. All that matters to her is answering this one: will they hang her twice?
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