Doom Painting - Signed Sprayed Edge Copy

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Signed Hardback Pre-Order | Doom Painting by A.K. Blakemore

Pre-order a signed hardback copy of Doom Painting by A.K. Blakemore, the acclaimed author of The Manningtree Witches.

Published by Granta Books, this 672-page hardback is an ambitious and atmospheric work of historical fiction, blending literary storytelling with European and medieval history. A brilliant choice for readers who enjoy richly detailed historical novels, dark intrigue, powerful prose and immersive period settings.

Publication date: 24 September 2026. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.

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The sixteen days of the Peasant's Revolt, when new versions of England were born under the charismatic leader Wat Tyler, brought to life in a dazzlingly inventive novel by the author of The Manningtree Witches. It is 1381. England, reeling from plague and years of conflict abroad, is a tinderbox waiting to spark. Two childhood friends ride into the town of Brentwood, Essex, where they come upon an altercation with a local Justice bent on squeezing more coin from the masses. Thus begins a rebellion of the common folk - loyal to the king, but not to those wealthy landowners who curtail their freedoms; the multitude finding cause against the powers that threaten their livelihoods. Set over sixteen days, Doom Painting roves across England as the revolt grows and swells and the rebels march to London to take their demands to the child-king Richard II. Out of the rebellion emerges its enigmatic and charismatic leader Wat Tyler, an opportunistic and mercurial rogue whose morality is birthed by the cause, and who shapes an identity for the English which has never been lost. A. K. Blakemore's thrilling retelling of the Peasants' Revolt renders it a definitive moment in British history. In the meeting of peasantry and nobility, new versions of England are born, and - for one bloody summer - the people of England seize control.