James Boyce

This land, this Fen country…

Between the English Civil Wars and the mid-Victorian period, and after centuries of resistance, the community of the Fenland people was destroyed. An innovative take on the drainage of the Fens, Imperial Mud upends the narrative of technological progress over nature, re-imagining not just the history of the Fens, but the history and identity of the English people.

James Boyce is an author, historian and  honorary research associate at the University of Tasmania. He has written several major books on Australian history, and now turns his thoughts to our region.

‘An exceptional, highly recommended work, innovative and creative in surprising ways’ Publishers Weekly on Imperial Mud