It tells the story of an orphan boy called Toby Bennet who survives life in the back streets of the Black Friars area of London.
At the age of ten Toby saved the life of the Prince of Wales who was under attack from a maniac with a knife.
The Prince decides that he will reward Toby by bringing him into the royal household. The Prince arranges his education and promises the life of a courtier within the royal household. The House of Stuart.
But Oliver Cromwell has come to prominence and has wrought terrible destruction and caused terrible chaos the length and breadth of the kingdom.
When the king is taken prisoner and put on trial for treason, the prince must flee for his life, abandoning his country.
He spends the next twelve years exiled with his mother or his sister whom is Princess Mary of Orange either in Paris or Holland.
And all the while, loyal Toby is with him. There is romance for Toby, with a young lady's-in-waiting for Princess Mary
But there are several attempts to bring about the premature death of Toby and Toby learns that he is being pursued by a ruthless and secret adversary, someone who holds a dreadful secret and who wishes to see Toby dead.
But who is this person? And what is the secret that they hold?
It's a riproaring historical thriller from The Book Guild at £9.99.
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