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082 0 4 _a823.92
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100 _aWalters, Minette,
_d1943-
_eauthor.
_91371
245 1 4 _aThe players /
_cMinette Walters.
260 _aCrows Nest, NSW :
_bAllen & Unwin,
_c2024.
300 _axvi, 471 pages :
_bmap ;
_c24 cm.
520 _aEngland, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King James II's superior forces and charged with high treason. Those found guilty will be hanged, drawn and quartered. As Dorset braces for carnage, the redoubtable Lady Jayne Harrier and her enigmatic son, assisted by the reclusive daughter of a local magistrate, contrive ways to save men from the gallows. Compelling and powerful, The Players is a story of guile, deceit and compassion during the dark days of The Bloody Assizes. Secrets are kept and surprising friendships formed in a dangerous gamble to thwart a brutal king's thirst for vengeance.
650 0 _aMonmouth's Rebellion, 1685
_vFiction.
_933465
650 0 _aBloody Assizes, 1685
_vFiction.
_955718
650 0 _aNobility
_vFiction.
_913634
650 0 _aTreason
_vFiction.
_955720
650 0 _aDeath row
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aRescues
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aInterpersonal relations
_vFiction.
_912525
650 0 _aDeception
_vFiction.
_94286
650 0 _aRevenge
_vFiction.
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651 0 _aDorset (England)
_xHistory
_y17th century
_vFiction.
_955721
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory
_yCharles II, 1660-1685
_vFiction.
_96162
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory
_yJames II, 1685-1688
_vFiction.
_955722
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
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