The Quayside Poet

<p><strong>Sometimes the truth lies hidden for years.</strong></p><p><strong>Sometimes it is merely mislaid.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Joshua Ambrose poet and merchant of the Georgian town of Wisbech rubs shoulders with some very interesting neighbours in his everyday life. Among them are the anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson and the Quaker banker Jonathan Peckover. In 1799 with its wealthy merchants and prosperous port Wisbech is enjoying its heyday as a centre of progress vitality and trade.</p><p>Yet none of this helps Joshua with the choices he has to make. Their repercussions will still be creating havoc more than two centuries later.</p><p>Monica Kerridge in her battle to save her beloved Poet’s House Museum has only a few flimsy clues to guide her. Her search for the truth leads her from the Fens to Corfe Castle in Dorset as she follows in the footsteps of the poet.</p><p>But neither Monica nor her small team nor even the Poet’s House itself can change the past however much of its mystery they unravel.</p><p>They can only hope to escape it.</p>