Review of The Kings Cavalier
The latest novella by Mark Turnbull For various reasons, I had a break from history blogging this Summer. Pleased to be back starting with a review -The King's Cavalier' - featuring Captain Maxwell Walker, the third novella in the 'Rebellion' series by Mark Tunrbull. Opening at a time when the Royalists have seemingly lost the Civil War but the King still lives. Mr Turnbull is currently completing a biography of Charles 1. The novella opens on 4th November 1647 with Royalist veteran Captain Maxwell Walker foraging for wood with his two young sons in a forest near Selby near Yorkshire, The story soon shifts to the household of King Charles I. Various key Civil Wars events are woven into the story. Personally I have differences of opinion with the author's portrayal of The Levellers calling for every man to have the vote, but the significance of the Putney Debates, where rank and file soldiers are debating politic