Indigo Black's world collapses. She has never thought of an alternative career, but suddenly the clouds clear. Shedding restraint, she promotes the Arts with passion, daring to take risks and to dream big. Boosted by growing popular support in the city of her birth, she overcomes misogyny to pull off a cultural spectacular which touches the lives of thousands, especially those struggling at the margins.
William James Simpson (writing as James Simpson), Ph.D., is a lecturer and Chair of the English Department at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Girton College. His primary focus is on medieval literature, as well as Middle English and early modern literature and culture (1150-1600).