The Coiner's Wife: A play in five acts : The untold story of Grace Hartley of Cragg Vale, wife of the infamous 18th century counterfeiter 'King' David Hartley
Claypole, Maurice2023
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Total copies: 9
From a remote weaver's cottage in the bleak Yorkshire moors, a gang of counterfeiters (the 'Cragg Vale Coiners') launch a nefarious scheme that threatens to unsettle the currency of 18th century England. Bound in marriage to their leader, known locally as 'King' David, Grace Hartley is torn between the forces of love, duty and conscience, whilst at the same time struggling with motherhood and the need to keep hunger at bay.After the counterfeiter's initial success, opposing forces gather, led by William Dighton, Supervisor of Excises, who sets in motion a series of events that have momentous consequences.
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Imprint:
Halifax, West Yorkshire : LinguaBooks, 2023
Collation:
168pp : Paperback / softback; 1 black & white photograph ; h209mm x w148mm
Notes:
Casting: 16 parts
ISBN:
9781911369622
Dewey class:
822.92 CLA
Language:
English
BRN:
671521