Synopsis

Cromwell’s reign grew increasingly brutal and divisive, leaving no one secure amidst the swirling factions and betrayals. Yet, the Lord Protector effectively established a monarchy without the title. Lillburne was imprisoned for life, denied even a trial. Sexby relinquished his colonel's commission, his hand crippled by wartime injury. Numerous plots and discovered conspiracies claimed many lives, among them Joliffe’s. Angelica outlived them all, remaining solitary save for the posthumous daught