← Thomas DeloneyJack of Newburyby Thomas DeloneyNovel about the rise of a clothier from humble origins to wealth and respectabilityFind on Amazon↗About the authorThomas DeloneyDeloney was among the first English writers to depict the lives of tradesmen and craftsmen in fiction, anticipating the social realist novel. His lively tales of clothiers and shoemakers celebrate the rising mercantile class.More by Thomas DeloneyThomas of ReadingNovel depicting adventures of cloth merchants and their rise in Tudor-era society→The Gentle CraftNovel featuring craftsmen and apprentices in the shoemaking trade with comic episodes→
