The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers ____________________The inspiration for the BBC TV series, directed by Shane Meadows and starring Tom Burke, George MacKay and Thomas TurgooseWINNER OF THE 2018 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE____________________Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch - Pat BarkerPhenomenal - Sebastian BarrySuperb - 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.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, Hartleys empire begins to crumble.Forensically assembled, The Gallows Pole is a true story of resistance and a rarely told alternative history of the North.____________________One of my books of the year … Its the best thing Myers has done - Robert Macfarlane, Big Issue Books of the Year FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Benjamin Myers was born in Durham in 1976. His novel The Gallows Pole received a Roger Deakin Award and won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Beastings won the Portico Prize for Literature and Pig Iron won the Gordon Burn Prize, while Richard was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. He has also published poetry, crime novels and short fiction, while his journalism has appeared in publications including, among others, the Guardian, New Statesman, Caught by the River and New Scientist.He lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire.benmyers.com / @BenMyers1 Review One of my books of the year … Its the best thing Myers has done * Robert Macfarlane, Big Issue Books of the Year *A windswept, brutal tale of eighteenth-century Yorkshire told in starkly beautiful prose * Guardian *A brutal tale told with an original, muscular voice * The Times, summer reads picks 2018 *Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch * Pat Barker, Guardian *A phenomenal and highly energised novel * Sebastian Barry * Promotional The inspiration for the BBC TV series. Winner of the 2018 Walter Scott Prize. Historical fiction at its best Pat Barker. Phenomenal Sebastian Barry. Superb The Times Review Quote One of my books of the year ... Its the best thing Myers has done Promotional "Headline" Winner of the 2018 Walter Scott Prize. Historical fiction at its best Pat Barker. Phenomenal Sebastian Barry. Superb The Times Feature The award-winning novel from Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole won the Walter Scott Prize, a Roger Deakin Award, was longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and was selected as a Book of the Year by the Guardian and the Big Issue , among others Details ISBN1526611155 ISBN-10 1526611155 ISBN-13 9781526611154 Format Paperback Author Benjamin Myers Pages 384 Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-02-21 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Language English UK Release Date 2019-02-21 NZ Release Date 2019-02-21 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-04-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123334694;

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