English Civil War
The Bleeding Land
Editors' choice
This is the first in a planned trilogy of novels set during the English Civil War, and this tale begins…
Child of Aetos
Child of Aetos is the story of James Stanley, seventh Earl of Derby and supporter of King Charles during the seventeenth-century…
A Ship for the King
Having first gone to sea at the age of sixteen, spending the better part of forty years in various nautical…
Accidents of Providence
Set in England during Cromwell’s interregnum, Accidents of Providence centers on Rachel Lockyer, a glove maker’s apprentice accused of murdering…
Cavalier Queen
In 1624 Henrietta Maria, Princess of France, was betrothed to Charles, future King of England as Charles I. Amongst the…
The September Queen
Jane Lane, daughter of an affluent Royalist family during Cromwell’s Commonwealth, longed for adventure over respectable marriage. This she found…
Fox: Cromwell’s Spy
John Fox is an expert scout, taking the practice into a sort of espionage where he can gain information in…
Devil’s Charge
When I was at school our history books gave the impression that the English Civil War was a rather gentlemanly…
A Corruptible Crown
The title is a quote from Charles II’s last speech, though the king makes no appearance in the story. Chapters…
The World Turned Upside Down
The story opens in mid 17th-century England with Elizabeth Clark witnessing the death of her father at a clandestine church…
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