Winchelsea - Paperback
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Winchelsea - Historical Fiction by Alex Preston
AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4
A SPECTATOR BEST OF THE YEAR - AS CHOSEN BY REVIEWERS
Set in 1742, this gripping historical novel follows Goody Brown, a young woman saved from drowning as a baby and raised in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. When her father is murdered by men he trusted, sixteen-year-old Goody must navigate the dangerous criminal underworld to find justice.
Together with her brother Francis, Goody enters the cut-throat world of smugglers and villains in a town where lawlessness prevails. This coming-of-age story explores themes of identity, revenge, and self-discovery as Goody faces high seas and desperate criminals. Discovering life without constraints or expectations, she develops a taste for danger that transforms her from an adopted child into something far more complex.
The novel examines what it means to forge your own path when traditional roles don't fit. Goody was never born to be a gentlewoman, but her journey reveals the possibilities that exist beyond society's expectations in 18th century England.
About Author Alex Preston
Alex Preston is an award-winning author of three novels: This Bleeding City, The Revelations, and In Love and War, plus the non-fiction work As Kingfishers Catch Fire. His writing regularly appears in the Telegraph, Economist, and Harper's Bazaar. Preston reviews books for the Observer's New Review, Financial Times, and Spectator. He is co-founder of the Corfu Literary Festival and Patron of Oxford Literary Festival.
This paperback edition features the compelling narrative that made Winchelsea a Spectator Best of the Year selection and earned it a reading on BBC Radio 4.
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