Canky`s Trade

by John Wheatley

Canky s Trade is set in the south Lancashire township of Middleton in 1811. Lord Byron, pursuing a legal entitlement which he had in nearby Rochdale, stayed at Hopwood Hall, close to Middleton in September of 1811, and the novel deals partly with Byron s impact on the people he meets there. 1811 was also a year when the infamous Luddites were at large, and whose destructive resistance to new machinery prompted the Frame-breaking Bill, which Byron...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492366706
• ISBN13: 9781492366706
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"