Cousins and Lovers

1648

“There is no authority in the Kingdom but the power and force of the sword.”

The war is over and the battle won but London is in turmoil. The apprentices are rioting, the butchers are sharpening their cleavers, and the Parliamentary Army intends to put the King on trial for treason.

If found guilty they will kill him.

The stakes become higher. Scurrilous newssheets flood the streets while in Lady Ranelagh’s house Eleanor Fitzgerald and her cousins are making secret plans and developing unsuitable friendships.

Set in the dying days of the Civil War and the rise of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, Cousins and Lovers is the story of a family facing exile, political danger, jealousy and the anguish of forbidden love.

When it comes to a choice, will love conquer all or will duty prevail?