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We are thrilled to welcome Ian Breckon to the store to discuss his fascinating and locally relevant book Mad Tom's Rising.About this Event
The dawn of the Victorian era: the world is changing rapidly. Poverty and the workhouse cast long shadows across rural England, and a traditional way of life is coming to an end.
In the villages and fields of Kent, the discontented find an unlikely champion in John Nicholls Tom. Calling himself 'Sir William Courtenay', he appears to the local magistrates and gentry as a madman, a charlatan, or a dangerous radical. But for the labouring people he is the New Messiah, come to lead them in a revolt against the forces of oppression, and to herald the end of the world.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterstones, 6-8 Rose Lane, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Tickets
GBP 5.00 to GBP 23.00
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