This is a spectacularly good historical novel. Lewd, debauched and pungent on the one hand, but genuinely romantic, honourable and deeply felt on the other... there's spying, rebellion, and adventure, and it's a real page-turner too. (Richard Lee
GOOD READS)
I worried that i didn't have the right words or the eloquence to do justice to the book. Yes the book is simply that good... This story has it all; a love story, a family story, History, mystery and intrigue, passion, sex, plots, fighting, infighting, backstabbing...the list could go on and on. It is the complete package.
A book this good comes along only rarely and deserves to hit the bestseller list.
(Robin Carter)
"A truly moving masterpiece." (
DAILY EXPRESS)
"If you are into historical romps, then you will thrill to the adventures of master swordsman John Lawley... This is as swashbuckling as it comes." (
NORTHERN ECHO)
Excellent sense of time and era, great and realistic characters who stay in the mind, full of action: what more could any historical fiction fan want?...Highly recommended. (
HISTORICAL NOVELIST ASSOCIATION)