{"product_id":"the-winter-list-9781529414264","title":"The Winter List","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supported the Protectorate are being hunted down as traitors. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'S. G. MacLean can make any historical period sing with life' \u003c\/b\u003eAntonia Hodgson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the summer of 1660 the last remnants of the Republic have been swept away and the Stuarts have been restored under their king, Charles II. A list of regicides believed to be involved in the death of Charles I is drawn up. Gruesome executions begin to take place and the hunt intensifies for those who have gone into hiding at home or abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough not a regicide, staunch Republican Damian Seeker is on a list of traitors to the king. Royalist spy, Lady Anne Winter, is employed to find evidence of guilt or innocence among the names on this Winter List. Seeker has fled England but his beloved daughter Manon remains, married to Seeker's friend, the lawyer Lawrence Ingolby, and living in York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the conduit to her father and to others on the Winter List and surrounded by spies and watchers, Manon lives in constant danger and fear of discovery. One of those spies is closer than even she could have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Robert Harris and Andrew Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e****************************** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Winter List\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ewonderful storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eVividly imaginative\u003c\/b\u003e, this builds the world of 1660 from the ground up, with all its\u003cb\u003e romance and tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003e Sun \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003epropulsive plot \u003c\/b\u003e. . . well-researched and \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGripping fiction\u003c\/b\u003e with historical fact' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'What \u003cb\u003ea fabulous book\u003c\/b\u003e . . . there is \u003cb\u003emurder\u003c\/b\u003e, there is \u003cb\u003eintrigue\u003c\/b\u003e, there is \u003cb\u003erevenge\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003ci\u003e 5* Reader Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eKept me hooked\u003c\/b\u003e right up to the end' \u003ci\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA glorious tale \u003c\/b\u003eof revenge and retribution . . . \u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e5* Reader Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eS.G. MacLean has a PhD in history from Aberdeen University. She is the author of two historical crime series - The Alexander Seaton\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eseries, set in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Damian Seeker series, set in Oliver Cromwell's London, as well as the standalone Jacobite thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller of Inverness\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been shortlisted four times for the CWA Historical Dagger, winning it twice. S.G. MacLean lives in Conon Bridge, Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899167379730,"sku":"9781529414264","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2ad6348-8582-4550-a2ba-9abc261b61a3.jpg?v=1738348312","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-winter-list-9781529414264","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}