English Civil War
Act of Oblivion
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This novel tells the story of the hunt for the regicides of Charles I, principally Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, William Goffe. Whalley ...Read Review
A Diamond in the Dust: The Stuarts: Love, Art, War: 1
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London, 1649: This novel opens with Charles Stuart’s walk towards the scaffold, through the Palace of Whitehall, remembering the paintings that used to ...Read Review
The Leviathan
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This book starts with some beautiful writing and has a great sense of place and time. We are at the end of 1643, and ...Read Review
Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
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This biography is an absorbing, well-written examination of the life and influence of one of Britain’s most reviled consorts, Henrietta Maria, wife ...Read Review
Susanna Hall: Her Book
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Falkner’s debut novella covers three summer days in 1643, when Henrietta Maria, queen to Charles I of England, was traveling south to meet ...Read Review
Purge
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Set in England in 1645, Purge is a story of fear and superstition that grips a town into madness. Sarah Wenham’s wealthy husband ...Read Review
The Swift and the Harrier
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Minette Walters spent many years as a bestselling thriller writer before turning her talents to historical fiction, and The Swift and The Harrier ...Read Review
The King’s Captain
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This is a very slim novella (barely 40,000 words), the second (after The King’s Spy, reviewed in HNR 96) in the “rebellion” series of ...Read Review
Redemption
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Guilt and vengeance prevent Captain Francis Hacker from finding solace from God after his daughters’ murders. As the second year of civil war ...Read Review
The Puritan Princess
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The period from 1649 to 1661 was the first and only time in English history, since Aethelstan ruled a united England in the 10th century, ...Read Review