{"product_id":"9781913512484","title":"Mother Naked","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Glen James Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe City of Durham, 1434. Out of a storm, an old minstrel arrives at the cathedral to entertain the city’s most powerful men. Mother Naked is his name, and he tells the story of the Legend of the Fell Wraith: the gruesome ‘walking ghost’ some say slaughtered the nearby village of Segerston 40 years earlier. But is this ghost only a myth, born from the dim minds of toiling peasants? Or does the Wraith – and do the murders – have roots in real events suffered by those fated to a lifetime of labour? As Mother Naked weaves the strands of the mystery – of class, religion, art, and ale – it starts to seem as though the chilling truth might be closer to his privileged audience than they could ever imagine.Taking its inspiration from a single payment entered into Durham’s Cathedral rolls, ‘Modyr Nakett’ was the lowest-paid performer in over 200 years of records. Set against the traumatic shadow of the Black Death and the Peasant’s Revolt, 'Mother Naked' speaks back from the margins in a fury of imaginative recuperation.Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9781913512484. Peninsula Press. pb. 256 pages. 20 x 13 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: February 2026.\u003cbr\u003ein stock\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Peninsula Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47577211142301,"sku":"9781913512484","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9781913512484.jpg?v=1780618146","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9781913512484","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}