One of the most turbulent reigns in history paved the way for the first modern revolution. After the Tudors came the Stuarts...
August 25, 1689
The English Army is besieging Carrickfergus in Ireland. Brilliant but unusual gunner Holcroft Blood of the Royal Train of Artillery is ready to unleash his cannons on the rebellious forces of deposed Catholic monarch James II. But this is more than war for Captain Blood, a lust for private vengeance burns within him.
French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has come across the seas to foment rebellion against William of Orange, the newly installed Dutch ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland. But Henri's true mission is not to aid the suffering of the Irish but to serve the interests of his master, Louis le Grand.
Michael 'Galloping' Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant farms, strives to defend his native land - and make a little profit on the side. But when he takes the Frenchman's gold, he suspects deep in his freedom-loving heart, that he has merely swapped one foreign overlord for another.
July 1, 1690
On the banks of the River Boyne, on a fateful, scorching hot day, two armies clash in bloody battle - Protestant against Catholic - in an epic struggle for mastery of Ireland. And, when the slaughter is over and the smoke finally clears, for these three men, nothing will ever be the same again . . .
Angus Donald mixes historical fact with fiction in this exciting new series. For fans of S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor.
'Splendid series . . . a sword-and-spies romp that has a keen sense of the political pressures of the time' The Times
'A proper story-teller' S. G. MacLean Angus Donald was born in China in 1965 and educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University. For over twenty years he was a journalist in Hong Kong, India, Afghanistan and London. He now works and lives in Kent with his wife and two children. ANGUS DONALD MIXES HISTORICAL FACT WITH FICTION IN THIS EXCITING NEW SERIES. Blood's Game, the first in the trilogy, was shortlisted for the HWA Sharpe Books Gold Crown Award Great historical detail and looks at a period of history that people are interested in but which hasn't been as widely explored as the Tudor dynasty. This is looking at the end of the Stuart reign Focusing on the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland - a turbulent period in history for both Britain and Ireland - relevant to today with the border question and Brexit Angus Donald's Robin Hood 'Outlaw Chronicles' sold over 150,000 copies
