The Cavalier Historian
Dorinda Balchin
- 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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