Soldier, the Gaoler, the Spy and her Lover, The

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In this brilliantly atmospheric novel, Simon PParke explores one of the most gripping tales in English history. He weaves together the four coinciding stories of Charles I, including his extraordinary year-long imprisonment on the Isle of Wight . . . Robert Hammond, the poor man who found himself the king’s gaoler . . . Charles’ remarkable mistress (written out of the records), the super-spy Jane Whorwood . . . and of course, the brilliant and depressed Oliver Cromwell, who is working through his own demons of religion, politics, love and death.