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Rebellion: Roger L'Estrange and the Kent Petition (The Adventures of Roger L'Estrange Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Evelyn Tidman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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English Civil War.
Kent, 1648

With Parliament victorious and King Charles in prison, England suffers under oppression. In Kent, the Royalists, led by Edward Hales, draw up a petition to Parliament demanding the release of the King.

Enter Roger L’Estrange, newly escaped from Newgate prison, eager to promote the petition with Hales while Parliament works to suppress it.

As Fairfax’s army bears down on Kent, can the Royalists take the petition to London? Can they save the King?

And in the resulting bloodbath, can Roger save feisty Beth Wotton, Hales’ beautiful sister-in-law? Can he save himself?

The second Roger L’Estrange adventure, REBELLION is a swashbuckling romance based on the true story of the Kent rebellion.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GOO9W5E
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2510 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 507 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Evelyn Tidman

Evelyn Tidman

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'History is another land.' I learned that at an early age as Errol Flynn swashed many bucklers and flew across our TV screens on a rope, dagger clenched between his teeth. Yet somehow, teachers in school managed to drain the life from history. It became a list of dates, and kings, and laws that had no relevance to my life and was as boring as watching paint dry. Still, I had a certain fascination for our ancestors. How different their lives were to ours. If only it were not all so tedious!

Then I discovered a writer called Jean Plaidy, with books like 'Light on Lucrezia' and 'Madonna of the Seven Hills' about the Borgias. This was history about real people. Her stories of the six wives of Henry VIII brought history out of the past, and made it 'live'. I was enthralled and fascinated. History was about real people. I had discovered a whole new world - another country! I wanted to write those kind of stories.

While much historical fiction is about fictional people, and I certainly was not one to miss out on those tales, I wanted to know about actual people. Just who were these pirates? Murdering cutthroats or conquering heroes? Why did the people on the Mayflower decide to go to America? We'd all heard about them, but what made them do what they did? I wanted to know. And I wanted to write about them.

Writing was my other passion. I'd been writing since I learned to read, but, you know how it is, life gets in the way. When the kids finally flew the nest, I settled down to write GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE, quickly followed by ONE SMALL CANDLE. They are both based on true stories with a little writer's licence. FOR THE KING Roger L'Estrange and the Siege of King's Lynn, a story of the English Civil War, is the beginning of the Adventures of Roger L'Estrange. The second in the series REBELLION, Roger L'Estrange and the Kent Petition, is out now.

I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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Debra Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars The author does a good job of coloring the history with the personalities of ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
Rebellion is a well researched telling about the involvement of a little known historical person, Roger L'Estrange, involved in the English Civil Wars. The author does a good job of coloring the history with the personalities of various characters, many real persons and others, fictional. A contrived woman from a real family, for example, shows how some women joined the war by pretending to be men; this also heightens the story with romantic leanings. I thoroughly enjoyed the read and highly recommend the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE LEARNING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO ROGER!
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016
I LOVE LEARNING WHAT HAPPENED TO ROGER! His character and motivations are made increasingly clear in this book. And Beth (aka Ben) adds another layer to this book. She seems to be a thorn in his side yet irresistible! I am trying not to race through as I want to enjoy what comes next and the growth of these people. I'm on chapter 48 and intrigued. Thanks for another great read!
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Francine Howarth
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-researched thoroughly enjoyable read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2016
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This is a well-researched novel involving real-time persons and events of note alongside fictional elements, which in turn adds a little spice and touch of romance to the overall story. Set within the period of the English Civil Wars (1648), the story begins at a point in time when Royalist forces have been routed and are in serious disarray. Worse, the King is imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, and although the war seems at end for the Royalists and their supporters around the country, there are those of means who refuse to concede to Parliamentary dictate. Thus a petition by the peoples of Kent for a peaceful resolution is viewed by Parliament as the beginnings of resistance, and any notions of a political rebellion must be crushed forthwith: by force if necessary; and that force is General Fairfax and the Army of Parliament.

The hero of the novel is Roger L’Estrange, an experienced Royalist soldier with a price tag on his head! But he’s a Norfolk man by birth, not a man of Kent. Albeit he sets out as personal aide to a Kent man (Hales) in his ambitions for Kent as a whole, L’Estrange’s time in Kent becomes one of trial and reason as he battles to win the trust of other prominent gentlemen. His putting forth a sensible directive amidst confusion surrounding a hastily assembled defensive fighting force is met with internal resistance. This is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and for readers who are unfamiliar with aspects of the Kent Petition, this sheds light on the dark times of Parliamentary oppression of those who dared to challenge its right to rule without a monarch.
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