Industrial Revolution – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers https://shepheardwalwyn.com Independent Publisher Book Seller UK Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 John Clare: Voice of Freedom https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/john-clare-voice-of-freedom/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:49 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/product/john-clare-voice-of-freedom/ ‘The greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced.’ Jonathan Bate on BBC In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg John Clare (1793-1864) was born at a time of great social upheaval, just months after the beheading of Louis XVI and the outbreak of war with France which was to last till the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. He also lived through the upheavals of the land enclosure…

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