Description
| Product ID: | 9781509839216 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Traitor's Wife |
| Authors: | Author: Kathleen Kent |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | From the international bestselling author of The Heretic's Daughter <p><b><i>I’ll not ask you to be mine … I will never seek to blunt the fury in you, never, and will honour your will as my own. What say you? Can you be a soldier’s wife? </i></b><br><br> New England, 1673. Martha Allen, a young woman reviled by her family because of her refusal to marry, is packed off to be a servant in her cousin’s home. She takes charge of the neglected household and annoys everyone around her – including a mysterious Welshman who works for the family, a man whose forceful nature matches her own. As they both gradually let their guard down, a fragile, uneasy friendship grows between the pair.<br><br> Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, a band of assassins, driven by the will of Charles II, charter a ship to the New World. They have a single aim: to capture Thomas Morgan, the killer of Charles I, and bring him back to London where he will face an excruciating death. The Royalists want to see his head on a spike outside the Tower of London.<br><br> As Martha begins to fall for the tall Welshman, he reveals a little of his past. It soon becomes clear that his life is in grave danger. As the threat of the assassins grows closer, can Martha find it in herself to be a traitor’s wife?<br><br> <b>Praise for The Heretic’s Daughter</b><br><br> ‘Absolutely compelling’ <i>Daily Mail</i><br><br> ‘A very fine novel … a remarkably accomplished telling of a truly shocking tale’ <i>Daily Express</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-08-10 |
