Cankys Trade is set in the south Lancashire township of Middleton
in 1811. Lord Byron, pursuing a legal entitlement which he had in
nearby Rochdale, stayed at Hopwood Hall, close to Middleton in
September of 1811, and the novel deals partly with Byrons impact on
the people he meets there. 1811 was also a year when the infamous
Luddites were at large, and whose destructive resistance to new
machinery prompted the Frame-breaking Bill, which Byron was to
oppose in the House of Lords. And it was in the middle of the
period when Oliver Canky, sexton of the parish churchyard, plied
his trade. Throw in a young local weaver and poet, Sam Bamford, a
murdered prostitute and some strange goings on in the cellar of the
isolated house of Cankys friend, Owd Scrat, and there you have the
basic ingredients of the story....
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2013 |
| First published: |
October 2013 |
| Authors: |
John Wheatley
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
230 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4923-6670-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-4923-6670-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781492366706 |
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