The Quayside Poet: A Fenland Mystery

by Diane Calton Smith

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Sometimes the truth lies hidden for years.

Sometimes it is merely mislaid.

 

Joshua Ambrose, poet and merchant of the Georgian town of Wisbech, rubs shoulders with some very interesting neighbours in his everyday life. Among them are the anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson and the Quaker banker Jonathan Peckover. In 1799, with its wealthy merchants and prosperous port, Wisbech is enjoying its heyday as a centre of progress, vitality

  • ISBN10 1787197131
  • ISBN13 9781787197138
  • Publish Date 12 March 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint New Generation Publishing
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 404
  • Language English