The King of the Norfolk Poachers: His Life and Times
Author: Charlotte Paton
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1905523890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the early 1930s an elderly mole catcher became the subject of one of East Anglia's best-loved tales of country life: "I Walked by Night". Over sixty years later, Norfolk writer Charlotte Paton became fascinated by this man and set out to find the truth about him, beginning with his name: Frederick Rolfe. Charlotte conducted exhaustive research provide a vibrant account with plenty of social history. This book is the biography of a difficult man who could inspire devotion but came to a tragic end.