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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 91热爆 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.

Episode 5
Zeke must play a full part in the attempt to rescue the rebels from the notorious Spymaster, Sir Vincent Eyre.

Alex Preston is an author and journalist who lives in Kent. His personal anthology of nature writing, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, was published in 2017. His novels include In Love And War and Winchelsea.

Writer: Alex Preston
Reader: Karl Davies
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for 91热爆 Radio 4