James ‘Bish’ Wilson

James ‘Bish’ Wilson  is 23 years old and 5'5" tall, with fine brown hair and moss-green eyes. A sickly childhood, dogged by chest infections, gave him more time for school than some, making him a fast reader. Unmarried, he is a waggoner’s mate at Bank Farm in Aldington and has a way with horses.

A character from "Devil's Dozen" by Marian Newell

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 Violence, love, loyalty and betrayal among the smugglers who terrorise the coasts of southern England.  For years the Aldington Blues and the Burmarsh Gang have fought each other over the lucrative smuggling trade in Kent.  The rivalry was bitter and the stakes were high.  Now the feud between the two smuggler leaders, George Ransley and James Hogben, is played out in deadly earnest. While their men grow rich, fall in love or gamble away their loot, the intense struggle between Ransley and Hogben follows a twisted route through bloodshed, treachery and wealth. But times are changing and the spectre of the gallows hangs over them all when a popular naval officer is killed by a smuggler. As the government men close in, the gangs join forces. But will it be enough to stave off defeat, capture and death?Meticulously researched and based on contemporary court papers and other records, “A Devil’s Dozen”