{"product_id":"2940000824627","title":"The Tide Mill","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe setting is feudal Sussex in the thirteenth century, a landscape and society that have changed almost beyond recognition. The power of the Church is at its zenith; yet the King, ruling by divine right, is sovereign, above all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalf Grigg is the young son of a master carpenter whose business fails when Ralf is small. The family have come to live in the seaside village of Mape, where Ralf’s mother was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalf’s solitary evening walk along the sea-wall is interrupted by the distant sight of someone - a boy of about his own age - trapped in the mud of the saltmarshes. The tide is flooding. There is no time to fetch help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decision Ralf makes in that moment has profound and far-reaching consequences, not only for himself and his whole family, but for the lord of the manor, his sovereign, and the ruthless struggle for supremacy between Westminster and Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtent: 125,773 words (about 419 conventional pages)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Herley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168061309168,"sku":"2940000824627","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000824627_p0.jpg?v=1763546309","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000824627","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}