It features the line-up of Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp, Julian Littman, Pete Zorn and Liam Genockey.

Guest musicians are Terry Pratchett (voice), Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes), Bob Johnson (vocals), and John Spiers (melodeon).

A double CD Deluxe Edition was released in October 2014: the second disc featured a mixture of new tracks, live performances and demos.

[citation needed] The album received very positive reviews and has been described as "a marriage between the written word and music that is devastatingly superb.

"[1] Folk Radio UK hailed the release as "a concept album it has that feel of being made for a stage production".