| Title | : | Duking Days Rebellion |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Anita Davison |
| Release | : | 2011-03-30 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Fiction & Literature, Books |
| Size | : | 1186116 |
| Helena Woulfe, the daughter of a wealthy Exeter nobleman leads a privileged life. However, King Charles II's reign ends, so does her innocence. Rebellion sweeps the West Country and leaving her on the road searching for her missing father and brother after Monmouth's bloody defeat in battle at Sedgemoor. Her life is torn apart when soldiers ransack her home and the family estate is confiscated by the crown. Helena and her younger brother Henry, seek refuge with a family who take them in, but King James wants revenge. Bereft and abandoned, they go to London. Helena hopes the city will overlook their past and she can make a new life for herself, and perhaps find love. Only, there are others lurking, willing to do harm to a traitor's daughter and, before she can find happiness with Guy, the man who offers her the security and respectability she seeks, she learns her family's allegiances can snatch away her safety at any time. |
