{"product_id":"2940169331721","title":"The Quickening Maze","description":"Based on real events, The Quickening Maze won over UK critics and readers alike with its rapturous prose and vivid exploration of poetry and madness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1837, after years of struggling with alcoholism and depression, the great  nature poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach¿a mental institution located  in Epping Forest on the outskirts of London. It is not long before another famed writer, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and grows entwined in the catastrophic schemes of the hospital¿s owner, the peculiar Dr. Matthew Allen, his lonely adolescent daughter, and a coterie of mysterious local characters. With lyrical grace, the cloistered world of High Beach and its residents are brought richly to life  in this enchanting book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ¿Exceptional ¿ earthy and true, but shifting, metamorphic¿the word-perfect fruit of a poet¿s sharp eye and novelist¿s limber reach.¿¿Times (London)","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101915398384,"sku":"2940169331721","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169331721_p0.jpg?v=1763679632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169331721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}