The Maiden: The Defiantly Feminist Historical Novel Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Apr 2023 · Pan Macmillan
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Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year
‘Exceptional — a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant’ — Daily Mail
Inspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.
In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.
Edinburgh, 1679. Lady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.
Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead . . .
Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
‘A masterpiece’ — Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
‘Riveting . . . the tension persists until the last page’ — The Times
*The Maiden was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05/03/2024
‘Exceptional — a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant’ — Daily Mail
Inspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.
In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me.
Edinburgh, 1679. Lady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess.
Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead . . .
Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
‘A masterpiece’ — Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal
‘Riveting . . . the tension persists until the last page’ — The Times
*The Maiden was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction on 05/03/2024
Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year
‘Exceptional — a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant’ — Daily Mail
Inspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly cent...
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Kate Foster worked as a national newspaper journalist for more than twenty years before becoming an author. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her debut novel, The Maiden, won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year, was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in Edinburgh with her two children.
Kate Foster worked as a national newspaper journalist for more than twenty years before becoming an author. Growing up in Edinburgh, she became fascinated by its history and often uses it as inspiration for her stories. Her debut novel, The Maiden, won the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year,...
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