John Cranch: Uncommon Genius, John W. Lamble

John Cranch: Uncommon Genius, John W. LambleNew Hardback John Cranch was born in a small Devonshire town in the same year that Gray's Elegy was published and he might so easily have been a "flower born to blush unseen." Taught to read and write but little else, only his own personality and talent allowed him to break free to become a respected lawyer, scholar and artist. But his story would be a dry one if talked of only in terms like 'social mobility' because even across two centuries his

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Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark

he learns the value of truly getting to know his neighbourhood

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he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen

but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money

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