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1643: Divided by plague, divided by war, divided by love – what will reunite two sisters?
1643: Divided by plague, divided by war, divided by love – what will reunite two sisters?
Yorkshire, 1643. Civil war divides the country.
Jane mourns the departure of her last boy who goes off to fight for the king. She must find a new way to endure, facing family secrets and her own buried grief.
Isabel is spurred into action, finding herself drawn into the rebel resistance – with unexpected consequences that might mean disaster for her sister Jane.
Kit is left desperate and starving, taking on the identity of a murdered brother. Life in the king’s army brings friendship, new hope and even love at the most perilous moment of all. As these three lives intertwine, each of them will be altered forever.
Yorkshire and the English Civil War
The English Civil War also known as the Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political struggles between Royalists and Parliamentarians which took place between 1642 and 1651.
This was war part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Destination/Location: Yorkshire, Heptonstall Author: Liz Flanagan Departure: 1643
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