← Thomas DeloneyThomas of Readingby Thomas DeloneyNovel depicting adventures of cloth merchants and their rise in Tudor-era societyFind 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 DeloneyJack of NewburyNovel about the rise of a clothier from humble origins to wealth and respectability→The Gentle CraftNovel featuring craftsmen and apprentices in the shoemaking trade with comic episodes→
