{"product_id":"9781917189088","title":"Hagtale : A Macbeth Origin Story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sally O’Reilly\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 November 2025 by Scribe Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e356 x 144 x 27 | 350g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hagtale, a dark fable, a story told around winter’s fires and known to Shakespeare but never written down. Until now. In eleventh-century Scotland, feral wolf-child Wulva is brought up by witches and then sent to live at a Scottish castle, where she falls under the spell of cruel, ambitious Lord Macbeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hundred years later, gentle Brother Rowan goes on a strange and perilous journey to a remote and ancient monastery to write a history of the Scottish king-line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMisfits in their own time, seekers after truth, Wulva and Rowan are deeply connected despite the centuries that separate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHagtale explores the power of stories lost and found, their transformative potential, and who gets to be the owner of the tale\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56117332476279,"sku":"9781917189088","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781917189088.jpg?v=1762252776","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781917189088","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}