{"product_id":"9781917189699","title":"Hagtale : A Macbeth Origin Story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: O’Reilly, Sally\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 5 November 2026 by Scribe Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 20 | 216g\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":"O’Reilly, Sally","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54712950948024,"sku":"9781917189699","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781917189699.jpg?v=1794323307","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781917189699","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}