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Doom Painting

By: A.K. Blakemore
Narrated by: Chris Harper
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It is 1381. England, reeling from plague and years of conflict abroad, is a tinderbox waiting to spark. Two childhood friends ride into the town of Brentwood, Essex, where they come upon an altercation with a local Justice bent on squeezing more coin from the masses. Thus begins a rebellion of the common folk – loyal to the king, but not to those wealthy landowners who curtail their freedoms; the multitude finding cause against the powers that threaten their livelihoods.

Set over 16 days, Doom Painting roves across England as the revolt grows and swells, and the rebels march to London to take their demands to the child-king Richard II. Out of the rebellion emerges its enigmatic and charismatic leader Wat Tyler, an opportunistic and mercurial rogue whose morality is birthed by the cause, and who shapes an identity for the English which has never been lost.

©2026 A.K. Blakemore (P)2026 Bolinda Publishing
Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature England Royalty
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'Exceptional, exquisite and urgent, Doom Painting is so much more than historical fiction.' (Annie Garthwaite, author of Cecily)
An immersive, lyrical retelling of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt told over sixteen days, this masterful novel from the author of The Manningtree Witches charts the path of a rebellion that continues to echo down the centuries.' (Waterstones)
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