Deeping Fen: A Historical novel set in the Lincolnshire Fens

by Rex Merchant

In 1604, in the reign of James1, an attempt was made to drain the 30,000 acres of Deepin Fen in South Lincolnshire. Thomas Lovell, an adventurer with experience of fen drainage on the continent, gambled his personal fortune and undertook the task. The fenland Slodgers, men who made their living and fed their familes by fishing and wildfowling in the fens, rose up against the work to try and prevent it. Annis Owen, a single mother, her son, Toby, and Jake Fowler, an ex soldier who had recently returned to his native village of Cowbit to fish and trap wildfowl, were caught up in the riots.

130 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2016