Wesley Stace is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, By George and the thriller Charles Jessold. Stace is also a musician who, under the name John Wesley Harding, has released 15 albums ranging from traditional folk to pop music. The Los Angeles Times hailed his most recent pop release, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, as ""Bookshop Rock like no other... expertly tweaking the lyricist's game at every turn"" while the Wall Street Journal praised the album's ""lyrics that dazzle without condescending.""
I laughed, I cried, I swooned... I LOVED THIS BOOK -- Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife I am in complete admiration... Remarkable, complex, delicate, sophisticated -- Bret Easton Ellis Stace's attention to every detail is a delight, and he revels in the richly embroidered language of his period... a delightful diversion * Daily Telegraph * As crazily gothic as Gormenghast * Independent on Sunday * Musical, almost symphonic...It engages boldly with the forces of social oppression and sexual repression * Guardian *