The Humours of Grub Street

by Kate Heartfield

Book Overview

When Rye Hackett publishes his first political broadside in 1703, he finds out the hard way why there are so many writers in London's Grub Street: the monsters won't let them leave. After watching his hero Daniel Defoe stand in the pillory, a young lawyer named Rye Hackett gets the courage to publish a political essay. The moment he does, a woman made of mercury spirits him away to a maze of alleys and gin shops. Rye can't hide from the politicians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771485469
• ISBN13: 9781771485463
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Chizine Publications
• Length: 320 Pages