{"product_id":"doom-painting-signed-indie-edition","title":"Doom Painting (Signed Indie Edition) PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the signed indie exclusive edition hardcover of \u003cem\u003eDoom Painting\u003c\/em\u003e by A. K. Blakemore. \u003cstrong\u003eThis edition is published on 24th September 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book comes as pictured with a sprayed edge design and is signed by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1381. England, reeling from the Black Death and years of conflict abroad, prepares for harvest. 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 commons - loyal to the king, but not to those landowners who press to curtail their freedoms; the multitude finding common cause against the powers that threaten their livelihoods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet over sixteen days, from Whitsuntide to Corpus Christi, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoom Painting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e roves across England as the men and women of the southern counties, supported by the visionary poet-priest John Ball, march to London to take their demands to the child King Richard II. Out of the revolt 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in sinuous and exhilarating prose, with all the drama and tension of fated history, A.K. Blakemore's thrilling retelling of the Peasant's Revolt renders it as a definitive moment in British history. In the meeting of peasantry and nobility, new versions of England were born, and - for one bloody summer - the people of England seized control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that if you purchase other items at the same time as a pre-order, the items will all be sent together when the pre-ordered item is dispatched.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A. K. Blakemore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54297322357020,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/6182\/5052\/files\/TMBSummer2026Graphics_45_-2.png?v=1783939087","url":"https:\/\/www.themysteriousbookcase.com\/en-us\/products\/doom-painting-signed-indie-edition","provider":"The Mysterious Bookcase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}