- Title:
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Rebels and Traitors
- Written by:
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Lindsey Davis
- Read by:
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Seán Barrett
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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26
- Duration:
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29 hours 40 minutes
- Published:
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August 01 2015
- Available Date:
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August 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486298846
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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International bestselling author
Rebels and Traitors is an absolute epic masterpiece with poignant and convincing characterisation and razor-sharp historical realism.
Set against the terrible struggle of the English Civil War, Rebels and Traitors is the story of how this turbulent era effected everyone, from rich to poor, and the hopes and dreams that carried them through years of deprivation, bloodshed and terror.
When Gideon Jukes and Juliana Lovell, who are on opposites sides of the struggle, meet during one of the era's most crucial events, their mutual attraction brings the comfort and companionship for which they both have yearned. But the flowering of radical thought collapses; its failure leads to endless plots and strange alliances. And shadows from the past threaten them individually and together in their hard-won peace.
Like Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind and John Jakes' North and South, Lindsey Davis brings to life a turbulent time through the stories of those who struggled, fought, lived and loved on all sides of a defining and devastating time.
'Davies is a prolific and popular writer, with a wide following for her thrillers set in the classical world. This is something different, large-scale and very ambitious. The word "epic" is overused, but this book deserves it. Davies never forgets that this is not the "English" civil war, but a conflict fought in Wales, Ireland and Scotland as well ... Her research has been assiduous and detailed, her commitment to the subject is impressive, and the background detail is often eye-opening.'
The Observer
'Every now and then along comes a historical novel with such scope and ambition that it takes your breath away ... So it is appropriate that Lindsey Davis's monumental English Civil War epic, Rebels and Traitors, is billed as the equivalent of Margaret Mitchell's American blockbuster Gone With The Wind ... Rebels and Traitors is as much an informative history lesson as a gripping historical novel and Davis spares us none of the terrible realities of this disastrous war – the slaughter of innocents, the break-up of families, the shattered dreams and the desperate struggle to survive. A magnificent evocation of time and place.'
Lancashire Evening Post