Book description
A King flees for his life . . .
On a dark autumn evening in 1651, the young King Charles II escapes in
beggar’s rags to a life of exile in the European courts. In this time of
great uncertainty, families are divided and friends are pitted against
each other. As the son of a dashing royalist colonel, young scholar Alan
Ogilvy is thrown into a life of subterfuge and danger. As he does the
exiled king’s bidding on both sides of the channel, he meets the
beautiful daughter of his estranged Puritan uncle, and falls in love.
But can their love survive their different faiths, and the schemes of
their vengeful uncle, who is out to destroy them at all costs?
“A romantic young hero’s conflict between loyalty to King Charles II
and his love for a woman. A well-told historical novel.” Books and Bookmen
Josephine Bell was born Doris Bell Collier in Manchester, England.
Between 1910 and 1916 she studied at Godolphin School, then trained at
Newnham College, Cambridge until 1919. At the University College
Hospital in London she was granted M. R.C. S. and L. R.C. P. in 1922,
and a M. B. B. S. in 1924.
Bell was a prolific author, writing forty-three novels and numerous
uncollected short stories during a forty-five year period.
Many of her short stories appeared in the London Evening Standard
. Using her pen name she wrote numerous detective novels beginning in
1936, and she was well-known for her medical mysteries. Her early books
featured the fictional character Dr. David Wintringham who worked at
Research Hospital in London as a junior assistant physician. She helped
found the Crime Writers' Association in 1953 and served as chair during
1959-60.
