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.
ISBN: | 9781787197138 |
Publication date: | 12th March 2018 |
Author: | Diane Calton Smith |
Publisher: | New Generation Publishing an imprint of New Generation Publishing Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 404 pages |
Genres: |
Historical Fiction |