Drop in for a glass of fizz for this exclusive meet-the-author evening with newly-published writer P.M Emerson. Her debut book Suppression (rrp £9.99) is described as a 'Lincolnshire story through and through'. Based on real events and extensive research, it's a unique bottom-up retelling of the Dissolution of the Monasteries as a work of fiction. It focuses on the Lincolnshire Rising and the subsequent Pilgrimage of Grace, and the main protagonist, a real person, is a Lincolnshire monk...

About Suppression

An unlikely partnership between a monk and a prostitute is at the centre of a Lincolnshire town’s rebellion.

1536. England is in turmoil.

Henry VIII has declared himself Head of the Church of England, uprooting the order the country has

followed for centuries. Far from the intrigues of the capital, in the Lincolnshire town of Louth, Anys Barre has more immediate fears. Struggling to raise her fatherless child in a hostile world, she believes the fate of her soul lies in

the hands of the new vicar, Thomas Kendall, a man who despises her.

Close by at Louth Park Abbey, devoted monk William Morland watches with growing dread as the king's

quarrel with Rome turns into open war on the monasteries. When Louth's abbey is seized, monks and

townspeople alike are powerless to prevent its fall. Yet the blow forges unexpected alliances, and when

Kendall appears to defy the king's actions openly during a service, it throws Anys and William into the

centre of a growing storm.

Dismay and fury soon harden into rebellion. As Louth becomes the spark that threatens to set the North

ablaze, Anys and William are drawn into an unlikely allegiance as each plays their own unique part in the

rising.

About the author

P M Emerson is an English print journalist who spent over four decades working for publications, news

outlets and medical bodies nationwide. Much of her career was based in Lincolnshire, where she

focused on how distant decision-makers affected the lives of local people without a voice. A mother of

two and a grandmother, she moved to Surrey after being widowed. Suppression is her debut novel.

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