Turncoat's Drum

The Shadow on the Crown #1

by Nicholas Carter

The first in a series of historical novels that bring to life the English Civil War. This book portrays life in 17th-century England through the eyes of the common men and women who fought and died for the distant causes of Parliament and the King.

Genres: Historical Fiction

440 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

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Nicholas Carter lives near Bristol and has been a journalist in the West Country for seventeen years. He is a member of The Sealed Knot.

Reviews

[Caleb C]

I only got about 2 hours into the book, bit foumd it hard to follow. It just kind of jumps into a part I wouldn't expect. The author also seems to be enfatuated with female breasts, because within like 2 chapters there's a lot of descriptions about it. Also a lot of descriptions of other sexual nature, like ripping of dresses, and borderline rape, so would not recommend parents have a child read this. This is not really my kind of book, I thought it might be. I'm looking more for history, and wanted to try a historical fiction series. Maybe it would get better if I listened, but I decided to switch to something else.

[Brett Hestelow]

Really wanted to like this one , but i had trouble keeping up with the story at times eg knowing which side was going into battle etc , i simply all too often couldnt tell whether they were Royalists or Roundheads at times

Love the Subject matter though would love to be pointed in the direction of a great read of the ECW

[ROY PLANT]

Sorry just not my mind of novel, found it very dry and boring - no life to the characters.n