England, 1381, and the 16 days of the Peasants' Revolt. The time when – for one bloody summer – ordinary people of England seized control under the charismatic leader Wat Tyler. Prizewinning A. K. Blakemore, author of the bestselling The Manningtree Witches, introduces her dazzling new novel Doom Painting, which recounts how revolt grew and swelled across England. Join A. K. Blakemore as she shares this definitive moment in British history and how Wat Tyler shaped an identity for the English that has never been lost.  

In conversation with Emily Lawford.