{"product_id":"the-wax-child-9780811240871","title":"The 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811240871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Olga Ravn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774262276277,"sku":"9780811240871","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wax-child-9780811240871","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}