Forensically assembled, The Gallows Pole is a true story of resistance and a rarely told alternative history of the North. 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. They are the Cragg Vale Coiners and their business is 'clipping' - the forging of coins, a treasonous offence punishable by death. Full Book Name:The Gallows Pole Author Name:Benjamin Myers Book Genre:British Literature, European Literature, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction ISBN 9781910422311 Edition Language:English Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name:TheGallowsPole-BenjaminMyers.pdf, TheGallowsPole-BenjaminMyers.epub PDF File Size:1.
The wheels of industry turn ever onwards and the trees are falling still. Benjamin Myers is one to watch' - Pat Barker 'Phenomenal' - Sebastian Barry 'Superb' - The Times _ 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. The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (2017) Bluemoose books (2017) 360 pp So name your Gods lads. _ Soon to be a six-part TV series co-produced by the BBC and A24, directed by Shane Meadows and starring Tom Burke, George MacKay and Thomas Turgoose WINNER OF THE 2018 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE _ 'Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best.
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