{"product_id":"cunning-folk","title":"Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s 1600, and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they’ve been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you’re facing trial. Maybe you’re looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might well have been cunning folk: practitioners of magic who were a common, even essential part of daily life, at a time when the supernatural was surprisingly mundane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharming, thought-provoking and based on original research, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCunning Folk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an immersive reconstruction of a bygone world by an expert historian, as well as a commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘I adore \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCunning Folk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. A truly fascinating and human book’ \u003c\/span\u003eRuth Goodman, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow To Be a Tudor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Packed with vivid historical anecdotes, this is an intriguing insight into the magical lives of past people and the history of our own superstitions today’\u003c\/span\u003e Marion Gibson, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWitchcraft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Fascinating . . . opens a window into another world’\u003c\/span\u003e Tracy Borman, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnne Boleyn \u0026amp; Elizabeth I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Full of such magical tips and colourful vignettes . . . crackles with incident’\u003c\/span\u003e Kate Maltby, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Spirited and richly detailed’\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55147652251985,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1073\/9472\/8273\/files\/81qcXxd5AVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1790868232","url":"https:\/\/bookmarkedbristol.com\/products\/cunning-folk","provider":"Bookmarked","version":"1.0","type":"link"}