
Press Reviews
- Kirkus Reviews
Fascinating historical romance, set in the period of England's Civil Wars, when Charles was still stubbornly standing out against parliament
- Daily Telegraph
One of the last century's most original literary talents
Margaret Forster
No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification . . . She satisfied all the questionable criteria of popular fiction, and yet satisfied the exacting requirements of "real literature", something very few novelists ever do
- Guardian
She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality