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The Potter´s Hand
A. N. Wilson
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Description for The Potter´s Hand
Paperback. 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. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848879539
SKU
V9781848879539
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About A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire, where his father was Managing Director of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons. He was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. His most recent ... Read more
Reviews for The Potter´s Hand
Wilson offers a sweeping portrait of the European Enlightenment and the foundation of an intellectual dynasty destined to include Charles Darwin and Ralph Vaughn Williams in its ranks... All of this intellectualism is held together by a strong narrative... Behind the calm equipoise of Wedgwood's neoclassical designs, a global storm of ideas and inventions raged. It has a centre in ... Read more