The poet's wife
Allnatt, Judith2011
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It is 1841. Patty is married to John Clare: peasant poet, genius and madman. Travelling home one day, Patty is shocked to find her husband sitting, footsore and weary, on the side of the road, having absconded from an asylum in Essex over 80 miles away.
Main title:
The poet's wife / Judith Allnatt.
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Imprint:
London : Black Swan, 2011.
Collation:
396 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2010.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780552774437 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GEN
Language:
English
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BRN:
878618