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Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist Podcast) making her debut features Juliette Tomlinson discussing her debut novel "Longford".
Longford is set in 1864, and the great city of Manchester was Cottonopolis, rising with the sound of industry, and the boom of a hundred mills. At the heart of its energies was John Rylands. ‘the greatest merchant prince the world has ever seen’. This is the story of an empire built by a true Manchester man, given meaning and worth by the extraordinary woman Enriqueta, who loved him and a partnership that left a huge mark on the city.
Juliette can be found on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longfordjr/
The book can be purchased from Chorlton Bookshop directly, and also on Amazon, Waterstones etc
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