Book description
The price for a country. The price for a King. The price for a marriage.
The second book in the Tom Neave Trilogy
1647. The King has surrendered to Parliament. Lord Stonehouse, to show
his loyalty to Parliament, has named Tom as his successor. But Lord
Stonehouse's son, Richard, is also Tom's estranged father and a fervent
Royalist. If the King reaches a settlement with Parliament Richard will inherit…
Parliament itself is deeply divided with those demanding a strict
Puritan regime pitted against more liberal Independents like Cromwell.
King Charles, under house arrest, tries to exploit the divisions between
them. When Richard arrives from France with a commission from the Queen
to snatch the King from Parliamentary hands, he and Tom are set on a
collision course. Caught between his love for his wife Anne and their
young son, and his loyalty to the new regime, Tom must struggle to save
both his family and the estate.
Cromwell's Blessing is the dramatic story of Tom Neave's fight for the
principles which he holds so dear - democracy, freedom and honour - and
his young family, set against the backdrop of the violent conflict of
the English Civil War. 'an intelligent and imaginative tale of a
pivotal year in English history.' The Sunday Times Peter Ransley has
written extensively for television. His BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters's
'Fingersmith' was nominated for a BAFTA for best series in 2006 and his
ITV drama 'Falling Angel', starring Emilia Fox and Charles Dance, was
screened in 2007. He is a winner of the Royal Television Society's
Writer's Award. His first novel in the trilogy, PLAGUE CHILD, published
in 2011.
