When the Puritan Parliament defies King Charles I in the seventeenth century, an estate keeper's young wife must protect her home and children when her husband joins the battle and must confront her growing feelings for a Royalist officer

Wintercombe

Literature & Fiction

Belle, Pamela

United States

St Martins Pr

Former Library Book:\nSet during the brief reign of Richard III, this impressively crafted historical novel deserves attention from readers not normally drawn to the genre. Belle ( Wintercombe ) is of the school that regards Richard, Duke of Gloucester, as a troubled monarch who did what he thought best for his country and bore no ill will toward his brother Edward's two sons and heirs. The disappearance of the princes is explained from this somewhat heretical point of view. Well-researched details bring life to the involving story, which focuses on Christie Heron, a young man who joins the Duke of Gloucester's household and is swept into the events of Richard's kingship. Issues of loyalty are played out against the rich backdrop of the Wars of the Roses as Christie fights several personal battles as well as those of his king. The long, complex narrative illuminates its historical setting so clearly and thoroughly that readers absorb the period effortlessly, along with a rousing good story based on a provocative interpretation of a controversial monarch's character and deeds.

The Lodestar

<p>The English Civil War throws together Captain Nick Hellier and Mistress Silence St. Barbe, a Puritan, whose feelings for the handsome officer compel her to betray her aging husband</p>

Herald of Joy

Having survived much political turbulence, the great estate of Wintercombe is rocked from within as Silence St. Barbe's grandchildren vie for inheritance and the Duke of Monmouth's 1685 rebellion draws the St. Barbes into danger

A Falling Star

Genre Fiction

<p>Newly settled into the St. Barbe ancestral home, Alexander and Louise St. Barbe find their happiness cut short by Louise's tragic miscarriage, and Alex turns to another woman for comfort, in a work set during the English Civil Wars.</p>

Treason's Gift

British & Irish

The Moon in the Water

An historical saga set during the English Civil War and telling the story of two star-crossed lovers. It is published together with its sequel, "The Chains of Fate". The author's other novels include "Alathea".

Pan/Macmillan

Alathea

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

Macmillan

The second of the "Wintercombe" trilogy, continuing the story of the St Barbe family of Somerset. When Sir George dies, his wife Silence holds on to the hope that she will be reunited with her love, Captain Nick Hellier, but the Cavalier Captain has enlisted in the army of young Charles II.

Pan Books

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Wintercombe

The Lodestar

Herald of Joy

A Falling Star

Treason's Gift

The Moon in the Water

Alathea

The Lodestar

Wintercombe

Herald of Joy