Heartsease

'Tim Wilson is exceptionally good, a kind of latterday Hardy of the Fens... he also has a wonderfully dry and perceptive humour that makes the descriptions of his characters a source of pure delight.' Reay Tannahill. In 1830, rural southern England is convulsed by the Swing Riots. Jacob Wintergreen, suspected of being a radical agitator, is betrayed by his friend, Abel Jex, and sentenced to transportation. He dies soon after, leaving a wife and two children - Jed and Charlotte - whose only resort is the workhouse. Over a decade later, Jed learns that he has been named sole executor of Abel Jex's will; he and his sister have been lifted out of poverty by the man who betrayed them. Filled with vindication, Jed returns to claim the inheritance in defiance of those who excluded him years before...


Genre: General Fiction