Set in Epping Forest in 1840 this novel centres on the Poet John Clare. Due to struggles with alcohol and depression he ends up in a Private Asylum. At the same time another poet Alfred Tennyson moves nearby and becomes entangled in the life of the Doctor Matthew Allen. This novel follows John Clare through episodes of Insanity towards his final madness.
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Sunday, 6 March 2011
The Quickening Maze- Adam Foulds
Set in Epping Forest in 1840 this novel centres on the Poet John Clare. Due to struggles with alcohol and depression he ends up in a Private Asylum. At the same time another poet Alfred Tennyson moves nearby and becomes entangled in the life of the Doctor Matthew Allen. This novel follows John Clare through episodes of Insanity towards his final madness.
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