Review -The Kings Captain by Mark Turnbull / Crabchurch update .
Book 2 in the War of the Three Kingdoms 'Rebellion' Series Delighted to have a chance to review Mark Turnbull's new novella featuring Royalist soldier Maxwell Walker. I have done my best not to present any 'spoilers'. And the tale begins on 4th October 1645, with the Royalist cause, post the defeat at Naseby, in desperate straits, and their chances of victory are looking quite hopeless by May 1646 when the novel ends. The author presents the more enjoyable and familiar strands of fiction quite well. Maxwell Walker fights his own private battles, being continually confronted with his nemesis, Gervase Harper , who is nominally fighting on the same side. The contrast between the two is well shown. Walker uses his intelligence to persuade Parliamentarians who are trapped into surrendering to avoid pointless bloodshed, tries to ensure prisoners are treated fairly. Harper is just a master of li...