Explore the history of the place your ancestors called home to breathe new life into their stories
Few of our ancestors existed in isolation unless they were stranded on a desert island which, for most of us, is pretty unlikely. John Donne realised this in his poem and, nearly a century later, Daniel Defoe decided Robinson Crusoe shouldn’t suffer his shipwrecked years in solitude but created a companion, Friday. It’s thanks to Friday that aspects of the character’s personality that we might otherwise never have known are brought to the fore, making him more authentic.