{"product_id":"2940014341073","title":"THE SHADOW OF A CRIME (A CHRISTIAN FICTION NOVEL)","description":"THE SHADOW OF A CRIME.....Caine's first novel is set in the Lake District and based on a love triangle.  A CHRISTIAN FICTION NOVEL. 355 PAGES IN PRINT. A really good read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe central incident of this novel is that most extraordinary of all punishments known to English criminal law, \"the peine forte et dure\". The story is not, however, in any sense historical. A sketchy background of stirring history is introduced solely in order to heighten the personal danger of a brave man. The interest is domestic, and, perhaps, in some degree psychological. Around a pathetic piece of old jurisprudence I have gathered a mass of Cumbrian folk-lore and folk-talk with which I have been familiar from earliest youth. To smelt and mould the chaotic memories into an organism such as may serve, among other uses, to give a view of Cumberland life in little, has been the work of one year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"peine forte et dure\",(French: “strong and hard punishment”) in English law, punishment that was inflicted upon those who were accused of a felony and stood silent, refusing to plead either guilty or not guilty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last of Hall Caine's full length novels was published in 1921, when he gave up writing to concentrate on his life's work -- a Life of Christ, which he had been researching for many years during several visits to Palestine and Transjordania. He died before this work was completed and it was published posthumously by his two sons in 1938.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for another good book?  Just enter the name \"TLC BOOKS, Edited\" at the search box and you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all our titles…many are Christian and Wholesome novels.","brand":"TLC BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180158566640,"sku":"2940014341073","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014341073_p0.jpg?v=1763606332","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014341073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}