God's Vindictive Wrath by Charles Cordell

God's Vindictive Wrath by Charles Cordell

The Vale of the Red Horse, Edgehill, Warwickshire, October, 1642. Bitter divisions that have grown unchecked in the kingdoms of the Stuart dynasty are about to engulf England in a bloody civil war. 30,000 men have gathered to determine the fate of nations and to pursue their own ideals and enmities through brutal and bloody combat. Many have never handled a weapon or strayed far from their native shire. Among them are Anthony Sedley the Birmingham iron worker and Leveller, Robbie Needham, an embittered lead miner from Derbyshire who picks up a pike for his king, George Merrick, the young Oxford graduate whose prospects have been blighted by court corruption, Hywel Lloyd, a proud Welsh hill farmer, and William Bennet the struggling merchant who has staked everything to raise a company for the parliamentary cause. Then there are the half-brothers, Ralph and Francis Reeve, sons of a Suffolk farmer. Pious Francis has abandoned his studies at Cambridge to make England a New Jerusalem, cleansed of sin and filth. He despises his carefree brother and the father who seems to favour him. Caught cuckolding a London merchant, Ralph has forfeited his apprenticeship and indenture money. He dreams of restoring his honour and his fortune when he returns to London with the king's victorious army. But first the brothers must face each other in the Vale of the Red Horse, the horse whose rider is War... God's vindictive wrath!

"As only a soldier could, Charles Cordell does not flinch from drawing attention to the sheer terror of battle.. a gripping first book. I am certain there will be many more." Jeremy Ravenshaw Fowler, Adjutant General of the Sealed Knot Society; "A fast-paced read that brilliantly captures the fear, confusion and luck of battle." Lt Gen Richard Nugee CB, CVO, CBE; "Fast-paced and authentic ... with characters that are colourful and believable. There are not enough tales like this." Michael Arnold, author of The Civil War Chronicles and the Highwayman series.

Charles Cordell has been a career soldier, military intelligence officer and diplomat on the ground in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. He has seen humanity at its best, its worst and its most desperate. His novels draw both on time spent on the fraying margins of civilisation and studies of the great political and religious crises of 17th century Europe.

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ISBN 13	9781910183311
ISBN 10	1910183318
Titel	God's Vindictive Wrath
Autor	Charles Cordell
Serie	Divided Kingdom
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Myrmidon Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-07-12
Seitenanzahl	384
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.