Lulu Marketplace

Have you ever wondered how your ancestors lived? Or how much of the life you were born into has been due to the way they lived their lives? In this book, the narrator relates her day-to-day existence with the aid of a journal and embarks on a journey of discovery as she researches the lives of her ancestors on the internet. She discovers how differently they lived but how familiarly they loved, laughed and cried. From the secret world of smuggling on the Sussex Coast, through tempestuous times in Yorkshire and Wiltshire with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, to the trenches of World War 1, we learn about the Luddite rebellion, the Swing Riots and the surge of Protestant Nonconformism. We are taken back to a time when men scraped a living off the land and young girls left home to become servants for the rich and powerful. Chimney sweeps, midwives, thieves and fishmongers are just some of the people we meet along the way. Ordinary people living the most extraordinary lives.