Poet, forger, and genius, Thomas Chatterton died in 1770, aged 18. His
death was thought to be suicide: But what really happened?
Two hundred years later, Charles Wychwood and Harriet Scrope become
obsessed with decoding the clues in an 18th-century manuscript. Their
investigation raises some intriguing questions....
A century before, as 19th-century artist Henry Wallis paints his
celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room, he, too,
becomes fascinated by the mystery. Then Chatterton himself steps
forward, with his own story....