Stephen Duck: The Thresher Poet
During the 1730s, writes Michael Paffard, the modest and unassuming Duck achieved considerable fame.
During the 1730s, writes Michael Paffard, the modest and unassuming Duck achieved considerable fame.
Michael Paffard opens for the visitor Thomas Tusser’s books on husbandry, which expounded the practical virtues of ‘thrift’ to Tudor farmers.