Book description
Cornish farmer Joseph Moyle's loyalty to the crown goes well rewarded
- his stepson Ralf is appointed page to the future Charles II. And
when Ralf takes up his post, Britain is in the midst of its most
tumultuous period ever - the war between the Royalists and the
Parliamentarians and the dawning of an entirely new era...
Ralf's duties oblige him to follow the heir to the throne through
the western counties, where he experiences not only court intrigue and
the constant threat of Cromwell's armies, but also romance. As Charles
begins the first of many affairs, Ralf also falls in love. But this
first love is a dangerous one. Brighid is an Irish Catholic and
complicit in an attempt to kidnap Charles - a fact that Ralf discovers
when he foils the plot...
E. V. Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy
before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia
and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become
a full-time award-winning writer.
