Winchelsea by Alex Preston

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Winchelsea by Alex Preston: Episode 9

Episode 9

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By Alex Preston. Arnold tells how the Hawkhurst Gang tyrannised Goudhurst.

By Alex Preston. Arnold Nesbitt recounts the tyranny of the Hawkhurst Gang over the towns of the Weald.

A tale of revenge, identity and smuggling, set in Sussex in the 18th Century.

Winchelsea is a smugglers’ town. Beneath it there runs a network of cellars and caves from under its streets as far as the King’s Cliff. All manner of goods are stored there, safe from the excise men. The Cellarman holds the keys to the cellar gates, a position held in Goody Brown’s family since the founding of the town.

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Arnold Nesbitt recounts the tyranny of the Hawkhurst Gang over the towns of the Weald.

Alex Preston is an author and journalist who lives in Kent. His personal anthology of nature writing, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, was published in 2017. Winchelsea, published in 2022, is his fourth novel.

Writer: Alex Preston
Reader: Finlay Robertson
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

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