“A wonderful, vibrant narrative” Susie Dent
“A secret history like no other” BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year 2024
What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can – if you know where to look.
An aristocrat carves indecipherable words into a tavern window with his diamond ring. The daughter of a shopkeeper sketches customers with a piece of charcoal. A desperate robber, sentenced to death, etches his initials into the door of his cell.
“Writing on the Wall” seeks out the hidden voices of Britain’s most revolutionary and transformative era – a time when anyone with a sharp object and a ready surface could find their voice and immortalize their message. Through the carvings made by common people, on walls, doors, windows, and more, Madeleine Pelling brings to life the lost stories of the past in all their raw glory.
Pages: 352, Year of Publication: 0403, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm
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