Turncoat's Drum

Literature & Fiction

Carter, Nicholas

Genre Fiction

Pan.

William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion of the English Civil War, and all the while the Scots, the hardiest fighters of all, are making their way through the North of England.

Stand by the Colours (The Shadow on the Crown)

Pan/Macmillan

It is 1643 and the struggle between Parliament and the King erupts in the West Country, tearing families apart and setting village against village. A Royalist soldier, Hugo Telling, wishes Parliamentarian, William Sparrow, dead. Telling is jealous of Sparrow's attachment with the beautiful Bella.

Turncoat's Drum (The Shadow on the Crown)

Set in the English Civil War, this is a tale of two heroes, William Sparrow, for parliament, and Hugo Telling, for King. While they are involved in the bloody siege of Bristol, Bella Morrison makes the best of the upheaval by furthering herself and escaping the strictures of family life.

Storming Party (The Shadow on the Crown)

Macmillan

August 1643, and the Seige of Gloucester continues. How can Gloucester stand against the might of the Royalists? Sparrow and Telling may be on different sides, but their dreams and desires are the same. For the war to be won and to win the love of the incomparable Bella.

And King's Men Crow (Shadow on the Crown)

King of Coins

Orion Pub Co

A band of English Mercenaries led by the elegant but ruthless James Eldritch are forced into the service of the notorious Bastard of Gueldres, sworn enemy of Italian warlord Albert Tarsi. Soon they are dragged into two men's vicious little war. Italy in 1520, one of the most colorful and violent periods of Europe's history, is brought to life by an author with a flair for historical adventures.

Knave of Swords

Orion Publishing

As the armies of Francis I and Charles V meet to decide the fate of the Holy Roman Empire, Scottish mercenary James Eldritch has more personal matters on his mind - such as finding his sister, and Leonardo da Vinci's mysterious secret weapon, or evading the attentions of the Inquisition.

Orion Books

This thought-provoking book opens new ground in history. It begins with the assertion that for most of two hundred years after the death of Christ, contemporary literature contained no reference to him whatsoever. Then came the four gospels in the middle of the second century. 
 To understand the impact of the gospels, one must realise that with the failure of the administration of the Roman Empire, there was widespread distress. People became miserable, despondent and desperate. Partly under the influence of Eastern religions, there was a craving for a saviour. Christ was thus imported into an ever-extending religious revival. Life expectation was short, death was everywhere and the only reality to which one could turn was the assurance of an afterlife in heaven or hell. 
 Somewhere in that chaos, around the sixth or seventh centuries, the despair crystallized in a movement, a little hurricane, which became the Catholic Church. The founders sought authority from any superstition they could find. They borrowed phrases from eastern religions, from Plato and from the Jewish Talmud. They threw together a mass of superstitious dogma, easy to impose on the ignorant masses of the time. We must recognize how astonishingly ignorant and deprived the average man was, who knew only of one mile around him, in the robber-baron age of 600 to 1400 AD. By then the Church had thoroughly incorporated the central role of Christ into its religion, and invented everything that needed to be invented in it. 
 This book may enable our current world to gain perspective at a time when education, particularly scientific education, has really begun to shake belief in the doctrines and superstitions of Christianity.

The Christ Myth

Historical Review Press

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Turncoat's Drum

Stand by the Colours (The Shadow on the Crown)

Turncoat's Drum (The Shadow on the Crown)

Storming Party (The Shadow on the Crown)

And King's Men Crow (Shadow on the Crown)

King of Coins

Knave of Swords

Knave of Swords

King of Coins

The Christ Myth