From his remote moorland home,David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.
They are the Cragg Vale Coiners and their business is'clipping'- the forging of coins,a treasonous offence punishable by death. When an excise officer vows to bring them down and with the industrial age set to change the face of England forever,Hartley's empire begins to crumble.
Forensically assembled,The Gallows Pole is a true story of resistance and a rarely told alternative history of the North.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526611154Number of pages: 384Weight: 269 gDimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'A phenomenal and highly energised novel'- Sebastian Barry
'One of my books of the year...It's the best thing Myers has done'- Robert Macfarlane
'A windswept,brutal tale of eighteenth-century Yorkshire told in starkly beautiful prose'- The Guardian
'A brutal tale told with an original,muscular voice'- The Times
'Powerful,visceral writing,historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch'- Pat Barker,The Guardian
Benjamin Myers
Benjamin Myers is a British writer,poet and journalist,and the author of a diverse range of novels including The Gallows Pole,The Offing and Cuddy.
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