6/22/2023 0 Comments The gallows pole ben myers![]() ![]() A story based on true history, The Gallows Pole also explores contemporary themes including wealth, abuse of power, class, corruptions, borders and boundaries and national identity. However, this could only be Robin Hood if he was really violent, lusty, and greedy. King David Hartley could be described, too, as Yorkshire’s Robin Hood. An English western, The Gallows Pole is a poetic and visceral telling of a secret history and a wild landscape. Lead by the charismatic “King” David Hartley, a man prone to violence and mystical visions, the Coiners rise to glory until the bloody murder of a government official brings them to the attention of the authorities. Set in the moorland hills of 18th century Yorkshire, The Gallows Pole is the true story of an organized crime of forgers known as the Cragg Vale Coiners. Third Man Books debut fiction novel, The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers, is for fans of Cormac McCarthy, Ted Hughes, Daniel Woodrell, David Peace. Winner of the 2018 Walter Scott Prize, the world’s largest prize for historical fiction. Now also available as an eBook from, Apple Books, , or anywhere eBooks are sold ![]()
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