Gerrard Winstanley: The Digger’s Life And Legacy’ (2013)

Question 1 Prompt 1

Marc Barham
Counter Arts

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Photograph of my own purchased copy. (2023)

For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of the earth by a few and making their theft the way of things. But over and above these pitiful statutes of yours that enclose the common land and reduce us to poverty to make you fat stands the Law of Creation, which renders judgement on rich and poor alike, making them one. For freedom is the man who will thus turn the world upside down, therefore no wonder he has enemies”

Gerrard Winstanley

So here are the questions that our Lady of the Book Prompt (Sadie) asked us to answer:

  1. What was the last book you finished reading?
  2. Tell me about something you are reading right now.
  3. Do you have a book in mind that you are excited to start next?
  4. What are 3 books you’ve read in the last few years that you loved and would recommend to other readers?
  5. What were your favourite books when you were a child?
  6. What did you enjoy reading as a teenager?

Now, this is going to be probably the most enjoyable prompt I have ever answered and there have been quite a few good ones. But because I could never do…

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Marc Barham
Counter Arts

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