Hear the voices of the eighteenth century: an eye-opening new history of Britain's most tumultuous period, told through its graffiti
'A wonderful, vibrant account' Susie Dent 'A secret history like no other' BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year 2024 What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can - if you know where to look An aristocrat carves obscenities into a tavern window with his diamond ring. A shopkeeper's daughter sketches customers with a piece of coal. A desperate highwayman, condemned to death, scratches his initials into his prison cell door. Writing on the Wall goes in search of the hidden voices of Britain's most rebellious and transformative era - a time when anyone in possession of a sharp point and ready surface could find their voice and immortalise their message. Through the marks made by ordinary people, scratched into walls, doors, windows and more, Madeleine Pelling brings the lost stories of the past to life in all their unguarded glory.
"Fascinating ... not only a history of graffiti, but also a history of the 18th century through lost voices of the people who lived through it." - The Times
"A wonderful , vibrant account of how ordinary citizens have carved , scratched , and scribbled their messages across the surfaces of our cities for centuries . It's given me a much broader idea of what is probably the most democratic form of writing we have , but which we tend to dismiss as either bad manners or subversive behaviour ... Madeleine Pelling uses it to open up the lives of people whose voices otherwise went unheard ." - Daily Mail
"A secret history like no other ... a fascinating dip into our ancestors' lives" - BBC History Magazine
"From the ingenious starting point of a humble scratch on glass or daub on brick, Madeleine Pelling crafts a rich and complex portrait of a society in transition" - Hogarth: A Life in Progress
"An erudite, dazzling and thought-provoking study of the graffiti of the period - be its creator Romantic poet or Jacobite, King Mob or Caribbean prisoner of war, Pelling teases out lost narratives with humanity and flair" - Pretty Young Rebel
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'A wonderful, vibrant account' Susie Dent 'A secret history like no other' BBC History Magazine, Books of the Year 2024 What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can - if you know where to look An aristocrat carves obscenities into a tavern window with his diamond ring. A shopkeeper's daughter sketches customers with a piece of coal. A desperate highwayman, condemned to death, scratches his initials into his prison cell door. Writing on the Wall goes in search of the hidden voices of Britain's most rebellious and transformative era - a time when anyone in possession of a sharp point and ready surface could find their voice and immortalise their message. Through the marks made by ordinary people, scratched into walls, doors, windows and more, Madeleine Pelling brings the lost stories of the past to life in all their unguarded glory.
"Fascinating ... not only a history of graffiti, but also a history of the 18th century through lost voices of the people who lived through it." - The Times
"A wonderful , vibrant account of how ordinary citizens have carved , scratched , and scribbled their messages across the surfaces of our cities for centuries . It's given me a much broader idea of what is probably the most democratic form of writing we have , but which we tend to dismiss as either bad manners or subversive behaviour ... Madeleine Pelling uses it to open up the lives of people whose voices otherwise went unheard ." - Daily Mail
"A secret history like no other ... a fascinating dip into our ancestors' lives" - BBC History Magazine
"From the ingenious starting point of a humble scratch on glass or daub on brick, Madeleine Pelling crafts a rich and complex portrait of a society in transition" - Hogarth: A Life in Progress
"An erudite, dazzling and thought-provoking study of the graffiti of the period - be its creator Romantic poet or Jacobite, King Mob or Caribbean prisoner of war, Pelling teases out lost narratives with humanity and flair" - Pretty Young Rebel
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