{"product_id":"wax-child","title":"Wax Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who comes to them as a tall headless man and gives them dark powers: they steal happiness, perform unchristian acts, and cause pestilence or even death. The women are all in danger of the stake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by a wax doll created by Kruckow, the novel is an unsettling horror story about brutality, friendship, power, nature, and witchcraft, set in the fragile communities of premodern Europe. Based on a series of real witchcraft trials that took place in northern Jutland, \u003cem\u003eThe Wax Child\u003c\/em\u003e is layered with rich atmospheric details and quotes from original sources, such as letters, magic spells, court documents, and Scandinavian grimoires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499343815029,"sku":"9780811240871","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/wax-child","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}