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The Potter's Hand : LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION

LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION.

In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Catherine the Great. Josiah's nephew Tom journeys to America to buy clay from the Cherokee for this exquisite china. Tom is caught up in the American rebellion, and falls for a Cherokee woman who will come to play a crucial role in Josiah's late, great creation: the Portland Vase. As the family fortune is made, and Josiah's entrepreneurial brilliance creates an empire that will endure for generations, it is his daughter Sukey, future mother of Charles Darwin, who bears clear-eyed witness.

A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary.


Author:

  • A. N. Wilson

Format:

  • E-book

Duration:

  • 374 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Historic and folklore novels
  • Historic novels

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