A historical novel set in the Lincolnshire fens
by
Rex Merchant
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
In 1604, early in the reign of King James 1, an attempt was made to drain the 30,000 acres of Deeping Fen in South Lincolnshire. Thomas Lovell, an adventurer with experience of fen drainage on the continent, gambled his personal fortune to undertake the task. The local Slodgers, fen men who...