{"product_id":"9780712355384","title":"The Lost Stradivarius","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Falkner, J. Meade \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic horror \u0026amp; ghost stories\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 July 2025 by British Library Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the British Library Tales of the Weird' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e129 x 190 x 18 | 194g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of a beautiful Stradivarius violin in a hidden cupboard at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, appears to be a stroke of good fortune for music student John Maltravers. But there is something sinister in the violin's history  something corrupt which threatens to re-emerge as the bewitched Maltravers plays and replays a devilish tune he is powerless to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1895, The Lost Stradivarius has garnered a revered status as a true classic of strange fiction, described by the famed critic E. F. Bleiler as the novel M. R. James might have written, had he written novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56654252015997,"sku":"9780712355384","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780712355384","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}