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LS - Derbyshire Local Studies collection - 19th-21st Cent
- FIC - Fiction and Local Authors
  - B - Authors and editors: Surnames beginning with B
    - Behan

Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/942.51PEN
Title	The unpredictable past.
Date	2022
Publication Date	2022
Author	Behan, Lyn
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN	9780645658712
Abstract	When a mysterious man, Will, moves into the house opposite her, Elizabeth Turner's quiet village life is turned upside down. She discovers she is descended from a convict, Edward Turner, who was transported to Australia for his part in the Pentrich Revolution in 1817. Will helps her uncover a mystery surrounding one of Edward's sons, Edmund.
Further Information	Novel based on the characters involved in the Pentrich Revolution after they were transported to Australia.
Term	Revolutions

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Brandreth; Jeremiah (1790-1817); Out-of-work stocking maker who lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; beheaded in Derby for treason. He was known as "The Nottingham Captain". He and two of his conspirators were the last people to be beheaded with an axe in Britain. The rising is known as the Pentrich Revolution.

Turner; William (d.1817); Hanged for High treason, aftert taking part in the Pentrich Revolution

Ludlam; Isaac (d.1817); Hanged for high treason, after taking part in the Pentrich Revolution

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Pentrich

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