Traitor's Blood - Softcover

Arnold, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848544049 ISBN 13: 9781848544048

Publisher: John Murray Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

Once seen in the heat of battle, Captain Stryker is never forgotten. A hardened veteran of the wars in the Low Countries, he has come home to England to seek revenge on the man who left him for dead and scarred him for life. Stryker is driven by loyalty rather than conviction to serve King Charles's cause. He has no truck with aristocracy, preferring the company of a handful of trusted men, including sometime actor Lancelot Forreseter and his foul-mouthed sergeant, Skellen. But when the existence of a dangerous spy at the heart of the Royalist establishment is discovered, it is Stryker whom Prince Rupert chooses to capture the man before he realises the game is up. Lightly armed and with only a handful of men, Stryker must journey across a country riven by bitterness and beset by marauding bands of soldiers in a race against time. But unbeknown to Stryker, someone else is also closing in on his quarry, someone whom Stryker has sworn to kill: Captain Eli Makepeace, his nemesis, the man who nearly destroyed him ...

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Arnold lives in Petersfield, Hampshire with his wife and young son. After childhood holidays spent visiting castles and battlefields, he developed a lifelong fascination with the Civil Wars and is a member of Earl Rivers' Regiment of Foote in The Sealed Knot. You can find out more about Michael Arnold, Captain Stryker and The Civil War Chronicles by visiting www.hodder.co.uk, Michael Arnold's website www.michael-arnold.net, his facebook fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Arnold/103711729671003, or by following Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/MikeArnold01.

Review:

Rollicking action and proper history combine in this cracking series. -- Anthony Riches Powerfully visualised battle scenes which can certainly stand in comparison with the best of Cornwell. * Yorkshire Post * I loved Sharpe. I am going to be equally at home with Captain Stryker. * Historical Novels Review * Captures the grittiness, as well as the doomed glamour, of the Royalist cause. -- Charles Spencer

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848544049
• ISBN 13: 9781848544048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416