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The Dance Tree

Written by: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Narrated by: Ruta Gedmintas
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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 . . .

©2022 Kiran Millwood Hargrave (P)2022 Macmillan Publishers International Limited Historical Historical Romance Romance

Critic Reviews

"Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling, ambitious." (Marian Keyes)

"Intriguing, haunting...raw, beautiful." (Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne)

"I absolutely loved this book...spellbinding." (Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den)

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A very unique book

This was such an enjoyable listen. I didn’t even know, before finding this book, that a dance plague actually occurred in 1518.

The Dance Tree covers so many facets of love and grief, in a time immersed in religious mania, severe weather conditions and unrelenting starvation. This book also explores important themes such as LGBTQIA+, immigration and difficult pregnancies. It was sensitively handled and extremely well done.

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