{"product_id":"9781780012841","title":"The Veil (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, \u003ci\u003eThe Veil\u003c\/i\u003e weaves Ireland's troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMay 1822, rural Ireland. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen year-old Hannah to England. She is to be married off to a marquis in order to resolve the debts of her mother's estate. However, compelled by the strange voices that haunt his beautiful young charge and a fascination with the psychic current that pervades the house, Berkeley proposes a seance, the consequences of which are catastrophic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'an atmospheric and haunting tale of lost souls' - \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'bold and intriguing... McPherson keeps you guessing to the last' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152131899632,"sku":"9781780012841","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780012841_p0.jpg?v=1763710718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780012841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}