A fantastic history that looks closely at the prestigious Pembroke family and the upheaval and quarrel that began with the King at the onset of the British Civil War. From the author of )Men Of Honour(, which sold over 15,000 copies in the UK alone, and )Sea Room(, which sold 64,000 copies. It's a rich and detailed evocation of England on the hinge of medieval and modern, in the 16th and 17th centuries.