The Quickening Maze

In 1840, after a lifetime’s struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum is located in London’s Epping Forest and runs on the reformist principles of occupational therapy.

At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum.

This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum’s closed world and Nature’s paradise outside the walls - Clare’s dream of home, of redemption, of escape.