English Civil War
Traitor’s Knot
Elizabeth Seton is shunned as a traitor’s daughter after her father’s actions in the English Civil War, and her mother’s…
This Deceitful Light
This book, set against the English Civil War, begins with the Battle of Newbury in 1643. The plot includes the…
Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars
One of Charles I’s more attractive qualities was his affection for his wife and children, whose privileged existences were shattered…
The White King
Charles I of England, the “White King,” a man with an illustrious heritage, was the head of the Anglican Church,…
The Heritage
Nick Press and his sister, Anne, live in 17th-century England. The novel spans from the trial and execution of King…
Aphra Behn: A Secret Life
This revised and updated version of Janet Todd’s masterful biography of Aphra Behn shines a light on one of the…
The Cavalier Historian
Robert Hardwick has been hired to help develop an English Civil War-period themed attraction at Marston Manor. While paging through…
The Witchfinder’s Sister
Editors' choice
It’s 1645 in England as Alice Hopkins, a lost and penniless widow, returns to her brother Matthew’s home. Her once-shy…
The Tyrant’s Shadow
This is a passionate, richly imagined story set during Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth in London, with scenes also in the New…
The Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and Her Lover
In 1647, the English Civil War is over (for the moment), and King Charles I is now Cromwell’s prisoner, having…
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