{"product_id":"9781934555088","title":"The Weird Of Deadly Hollow","description":"\u003cp\u003eYears ago, it is said, \"Moordenaar's Hoek\" (Afrikaans for \"Deadly\" or \"Murderer's Hollow\") witnessed a horrible tragedy. Gert Van Niekerk, a Boer farmer, murdered his brother in cold blood during a terrible storm. Hanged for his crime, Van Niekerk's ghost haunts the land in the form of a spectral leopard that can appear and disappear at will. And, according to local legend, a \"blood curse\" haunts the Hollow, where, on dark and stormy nights, the horrible murder is re-enacted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCustance, a recluse with a mysterious past, takes up residence at Deadly Hollow. Troubled by his painful memories, Custance thinks he has finally found redemption and a chance at new life when he falls in love with his neighbour, the beautiful young Ida Rendlesham. But their lovers' bliss is short-lived. For on a dreary and tempestuous night, Deadly Hollow will witness the fulfilment of the blood curse: a savage murder . . . and a brutal revenge! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1891 and out of print for more than a century, \u003ci\u003eThe Weird of Deadly Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e was one of Bertram Mitford's most popular novels. Featuring a mixture of romance and terror that builds slowly, but inevitably, towards an unthinkable climax--complete with one of the most shocking scenes of torture in all of English-language fiction--Mitford's novel remains as thrilling today as when first published. This edition includes a new introduction and notes by Gerald Monsman, as well as the complete text of two of Mitford's inspirations: Wordsworth's \"Hart-Leap Well\" and Thomas Hood's \"The Haunted House.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056226386160,"sku":"9781934555088","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934555088_p0.jpg?v=1763642438","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934555088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}