Cromwell, one of Parliament’s leading generals sends a cavalry officer, Luke Tremayne, to Ireland to investigate the murder of a fellow officer and to find missing silver that Spain had sent to assist the Royalist and Irish rebel cause. His mission is complicated by the actions of these opponents. A coterie of influential women, treacherous comrades, a loveable witch, maladjusted siblings , murderous charcoal burners and devious priests
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Geoff Quaife was born in Australia and after a tertiary education at the University of Melbourne, he taught Early Modern History at the University of New England in Armidale, NSW where he continues to reside. He taught for over thirty years during this fascinating period which included the English Civil Wars the English Republic and the Cromwellian Protectorate. On his retirement, he began to write historical novels focused on a fictional Cromwellian soldier, Luke Tremayne, a ruthless, bigoted dark hero. There are now fourteen novels in the series-The Luke Tremayne Adventures. He is married with three children, twelve grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.