After a lifetime’s struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London’s Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 2010
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages: 272
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780099532446
ISBN 10: 0099532441