The Cavalier Historian

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  • Civil
  • war.
  • Witchcraft.
  • Persecution.
  • Injustice.
  • Can
  • Rob
  • right
  • a
  • past
  • wrong
  • and
  • save
  • his
  • future?Marston
  • Manor
  • is
  • an
  • old
  • manor
  • house
  • in
  • Oxfordshire
  • which
  • the
  • new
  • owner
  • plans
  • to
  • turn
  • into
  • a
  • ‘themed’
  • attraction
  • based
  • on
  • the
  • period
  • of
  • the
  • English
  • Civil
  • War.
  • He
  • calls
  • in
  • an
  • historian,
  • Robert
  • Hardwick,
  • to
  • help
  • set
  • up
  • the
  • project,
  • and
  • Robert
  • is
  • delighted
  • to
  • discover
  • a
  • family
  • link
  • with
  • Marston
  • Manor
  • dating
  • back
  • to
  • the
  • time
  • of
  • King
  • Charles
  • I
  • and
  • the
  • witch
  • persecutions
  • of
  • the
  • 17th
  • century.But
  • right
  • from
  • the
  • start
  • disturbing
  • events
  • raise
  • mistrust
  • and
  • fear
  • on
  • the
  • estate.
  • Who,
  • or
  • what,
  • is
  • trying
  • to
  • halt
  • the
  • plans
  • for
  • the
  • Manor?
  • Can
  • the
  • disruption
  • and
  • sabotage
  • be
  • linked
  • to
  • the
  • traveller
  • camp
  • in
  • the
  • woods
  • or
  • to
  • the
  • more
  • sinister
  • appearances
  • of
  • a
  • ghostly
  • old
  • woman?
  • And
  • just
  • who
  • is
  • Rebekah,
  • and
  • why
  • does
  • she
  • have
  • such
  • a
  • hold
  • over
  • Rob?In
  • his
  • haunted
  • dreams
  • Rob
  • finds
  • himself
  • living
  • through
  • the
  • turbulent
  • years
  • of
  • the
  • English
  • Civil
  • War,
  • experiencing
  • it
  • all
  • through
  • the
  • eyes
  • of
  • his
  • ancestor,
  • Simon.
  • Dreams
  • which
  • begin
  • gently
  • enough
  • in
  • the
  • days
  • leading
  • up
  • to
  • war
  • in
  • 1642
  • but
  • which
  • become
  • ever
  • more
  • frightening,
  • ending
  • with
  • the
  • terrifying
  • events
  • of
  • the
  • witch
  • trials
  • of
  • 1651.The
  • Cavalier
  • Historian
  • is
  • a
  • supernatural
  • novel
  • linking
  • the
  • past
  • and
  • the
  • present
  • in
  • a
  • unique
  • and
  • exciting
  • way,
  • following
  • characters
  • separated
  • by
  • more
  • than
  • three
  • centuries
  • yet
  • somehow
  • linked
  • through
  • time
  • to
  • present
  • day
  • events.
  • Over
  • centuries
  • they
  • suffer
  • fear,
  • persecution
  • and
  • loss
  • yet,
  • at
  • the
  • very
  • end,
  • is
  • it
  • possible
  • for
  • them
  • to
  • find
  • hope
  • for
  • the future?
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