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Rye by Alex Preston

Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke, the grandson of smuggler and privateer Goody Brown, is a young man determined to prove his worth and free his father from a prison hulk at Sheerness.

The novel Winchelsea - serialised on Radio 4 in 2022 - described the extraordinary life of smuggler and privateer Goody Brown and her dealings and struggles with the notorious Hawkhurst Gang.

Now it is 1804, and Goody is a grandmother.

Rye - an original commission by 大象传媒 Radio 4 - tells the story of her grandson, Zeke, a young man determined to prove his worth and free his father from a prison hulk at Sheerness.

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