{"product_id":"the-valley-of-ravens-9780008561116","title":"The Valley of Ravens","description":"\u003cp\u003e'One of my favourite writers' Santa Montefiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Grand Dame of the time-slip novel’ Peter James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the depths of the valley, two women, centuries apart, are bound by fate…Present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEve, desperate for a fresh start, arrives in the Valley of Ravens to restore a long-abandoned cottage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows the place is cursed. Why else would it be called The Witch’s House?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Eve begins her renovations it becomes clear the place has a secret waiting to be uncovered, if only she can make the connection with the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWales, 1260\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlys, a healer living in the depths of the valley, discovers Llewelyn – last true Prince of Wales – lying wounded on the battlefield. She tends him and her fate is forever bound to his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer vow to keep his final secret will echo through the centuries…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape with the new historical mystery from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Barbara Erskine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Valley of Ravens!'The Valley of Ravens is Barbara at her best … so multi-layered, gliding smoothly from present to past … a master storyteller!' Santa Montefiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A beautifully crafted story, a real roller-coaster ride, and utterly spellbinding' Alison Weir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a tense and engrossing suspense story in which past and present elide in the spookiest fashion with dramatic and surprising results' Rachel Hore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Brilliant! I put my life 'on hold' while I read this (it didn't take long, I couldn't stop). Riveting, exciting: let your imagination go wild with this one!’ Reader review ★★★★★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It completely absorbed me from beginning to end … a captivating, haunting and deeply satisfying read that deserves every one of its five stars’ Reader review ★★★★★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You almost feel you are living through it yourself’ Reader review ★★★★★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is a story about strong women, healing, vengeance and betrayal. It kept me enthralled’ Reader review ★★★★★\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Barbara Erskine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy, Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction, Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 Jul 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barbara Erskine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320444264826,"sku":"9780008561116","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780008561116.jpg?v=1790652976","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-valley-of-ravens-9780008561116","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}