In 1837, after years of struggling with alcoholism and depression, the great nature poet John Clare finds himself in High Beach- a mental institution located in Epping Forest on the outskirts of London. It is not long before another famed writer, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and grows entwined in the catastrophic schemes of the hospital's owner, the peculiar Dr. Matthew Allen, his lonely adolescent daughter, and a coterie of mysterious local characters.

Sending as part of Summer Gift Giving to Chremajora. Enjoy!

Thank you so much, lauraloo! I really appreciate you sending me these books all the way from Canada :)

Passing over to someone who recently won the "Never Won a Sweepstake"-sweepstake - hope you enjoy it!

What a lovely surprise to find this on my doorstep when coming back from the holidays :) Sounds very interesting, thank you!!

** reserved for alexiapapa via wishlist tag game

Sadly there is no nice way to say it... I found this book a total bore. Struggled to finish it (but I did! Hurrah!) and am sending it on to alexiapapa via wishlist tag game now. Hopefully she'll get more out of it than I did :)

Thank you for sending it my way! :)