'Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling' - Marian
Keyes 'Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint,
author of Ariadne The gripping, historical novel from Kiran
Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies.
Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change,
and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree
is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and
women pushed to the edge. Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a
blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city
square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is
joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency.
Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women.
Just beyond the city's limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her
mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their
livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum,
Lisbet's sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years' penance in
the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret that
Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat
of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web
of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a
dangerous tune . . . 'Extraordinary . . . An exceptionally
atmospheric, original story' - The Sunday Times 'Spellbinding' -
Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
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