Author: Bernard F. Bussy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Roundhead
The Last Roundhead
Author: Jemahl Evans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781794168756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"The research is impeccable and the writing full of verve." Antonia Senior, The Times 1642. England has been plunged into a Civil War. Blandford Candy is sent to London, after an illicit affair, and joins the Roundhead army to fight against the King, taking part in the Battle of Edgehill. A reluctant hero if ever there was one, he becomes a spy for the cause - and, through luck or judgement, uncovers more than one Royalist plot. His love of wine and the fairer sex prove both a curse and a blessing for the agent.Blandford soon earns the enmity of the King's spy mistress Jane Whorwood, and patronage of the great parliamentarian leader John Hampden. As well as navigating the politics and perils of the Civil War Blandford must also deal with members of his family, who turn out to be to be far more duplicitous and ruthless than any rival agent. To survive, Blandford must choose a side. The Last Roundhead is the first book in the acclaimed series of novels, charting the adventures of Sir Blandford Candy during the English Civil War. Recommended reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Michael Jecks and George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books. Praise for Jemahl Evans and the Blandford Candy series. "Blandford Candy is as endearing a rogue as you are likely to find in any work of literature." Matthew Harffy author of the Bernicia Chronicles. "The research is impeccable and the writing full of verve." Antonia Senior, The Times. "It's great fun and a rollicking good read." Historical Novel Society. "Frankly, glorious." Michael Jecks. Jemahl Evans is the author of the acclaimed Sir Blandford Candy series of novel. He lives in West Wales.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781794168756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"The research is impeccable and the writing full of verve." Antonia Senior, The Times 1642. England has been plunged into a Civil War. Blandford Candy is sent to London, after an illicit affair, and joins the Roundhead army to fight against the King, taking part in the Battle of Edgehill. A reluctant hero if ever there was one, he becomes a spy for the cause - and, through luck or judgement, uncovers more than one Royalist plot. His love of wine and the fairer sex prove both a curse and a blessing for the agent.Blandford soon earns the enmity of the King's spy mistress Jane Whorwood, and patronage of the great parliamentarian leader John Hampden. As well as navigating the politics and perils of the Civil War Blandford must also deal with members of his family, who turn out to be to be far more duplicitous and ruthless than any rival agent. To survive, Blandford must choose a side. The Last Roundhead is the first book in the acclaimed series of novels, charting the adventures of Sir Blandford Candy during the English Civil War. Recommended reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Michael Jecks and George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books. Praise for Jemahl Evans and the Blandford Candy series. "Blandford Candy is as endearing a rogue as you are likely to find in any work of literature." Matthew Harffy author of the Bernicia Chronicles. "The research is impeccable and the writing full of verve." Antonia Senior, The Times. "It's great fun and a rollicking good read." Historical Novel Society. "Frankly, glorious." Michael Jecks. Jemahl Evans is the author of the acclaimed Sir Blandford Candy series of novel. He lives in West Wales.
A Description [in verse] of the Roundhead and Rattlehead
Punch
Author: Mark Lemon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
The Roundheads
Author: Jasper Godwin Ridley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Cavaliers & Roundheads
Author: Bob Moulder
Publisher: Tarquin Group
ISBN: 9781899618026
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Story of the Civil War with Stand-up Scenes This book tells the story by focusing on key dramatic events. We see, for instance, King Charles comein person to the House of Commons to arrest his enemies, the crucial battles of Lansdown Hill and Marston Moor, and the eventual Roundhead victory. Roundheads under Oliver Cromwell and the execution of al and intrigue, fighting and bloodshed, but it was also a time which laid the foundations of British parliamentary democracy.
Publisher: Tarquin Group
ISBN: 9781899618026
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Story of the Civil War with Stand-up Scenes This book tells the story by focusing on key dramatic events. We see, for instance, King Charles comein person to the House of Commons to arrest his enemies, the crucial battles of Lansdown Hill and Marston Moor, and the eventual Roundhead victory. Roundheads under Oliver Cromwell and the execution of al and intrigue, fighting and bloodshed, but it was also a time which laid the foundations of British parliamentary democracy.
The Roundhead Uncovered; Being a Moderate Trial of His Spirit. With a Distinction Betwixt the Round-heads, and Such as Papists Call Puritans
Roundhead Reputations
Author: Blair Worden
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Table of contents
Cavaliers and Roundheads
The Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers
Author: Edward Peacock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description