![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this colourful and evocative history, James Boyce brings to life not only colonial masters such as Oliver Cromwell and the Dukes of Bedford but also the defiant 'Fennish' themselves and their dangerous and often bloody resistance to the enclosing landowners. But this was no simple triumph of technology over nature – it was the consequence of a newly centralised and militarised state, which enriched the few while impoverishing the many. After centuries of resistance, their culture and community were destroyed, along with their wetland home – England's last lowland wilderness. 'A real page-turner … a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice as "progress" – a lesson we could do with learning today.' Dixe Wills, BBC Countryfile magazineįROM A MULTI-AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN, AN ARRESTING NEW HISTORY OF THE BATTLE FOR THE FENS.īetween the English Civil Wars and the mid-Victorian period, the proud indigenous population of the Fens of eastern England fought to preserve their homeland against an expanding empire. **LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021** **WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020** Imperial Mud (Hardback) The Fight for the Fens James Boyce ![]()
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