Holding Fire

"England 1873, a country in a state of turmoil. A young girl is propelled on a journey from the London slums to the servants' quarters of a great house - and from first love to murder." "In her flight from authority she finds herself caught up in the Chartist struggle, as the moderate William Lovett strives to steer a middle course between the brutal coalition of Parliament and Industry, and the angry forces gathering against it. But can Lovett's voice be heard above the din of government militias on one side and the revolutionary aggression of Feargus O'Connor, the Chartist leader, on the other?" "Holding Fire, premiered at Shakespeare's Globe tells a picaresque tale ranging from East End squalor to the Northern mills, from tavern assemblies to prize fights, from gin-palace communists to Methodists do-gooders. A rich array of characters evoke the struggle for 'one man, one vote' in the sordid, violent times of early Victorian England."--BOOK JACKET.Shepherd, Jack is the author of 'Holding Fire', published 2008 under ISBN 9781854599988 and ISBN 1854599984.