1900-01 Alton Locke, Two Years Ago, and Westward Ho!

Description

Leather Binding, Rebound

All new editions of this work.

This set includes:

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography, published in 1900. This novel was written to draw attention to those suffering in the textile trade and to give an insight into the Chartist movement, a working-class protest movement. 

Two Years Ago, published in 1900. This exciting novel is set in Devon, and includes numerous beautifully described passages outlining the landscape. 

Westward Ho!, or The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, published in 1901. This historical novel was based on the experiences of Elizabethan privateer Amyas Preston, who along with Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh, explored the New World. This copy contains a frontispiece portrait of Kingsley. 

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms.

All volumes are uniformly bound in half calf with gilt detailing to the spines.