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Blood's Campaign

By Angus Donald
Blood's Campaign by Angus Donald digital book - Fable

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ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION.

AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . .

If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next.


August 25, 1689

The English Army is besieging Carrickfergus in Ireland. Brilliant but unusual gunner Holcroft Blood of the Royal Train of Artillery is ready to unleash his cannons on the rebellious forces of deposed Catholic monarch James II. But this is more than war for Captain Blood, a lust for private vengeance burns within him.

French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has come across the seas to foment rebellion against William of Orange, the newly installed Dutch ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland. But Henri's true mission is not to aid the suffering of the Irish but to serve the interests of his master, Louis le Grand.

Michael 'Galloping' Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant farms, strives to defend his native land - and make a little profit on the side. But when he takes the Frenchman's gold, he suspects deep in his freedom-loving heart, that he has merely swapped one foreign overlord for another.

July 1, 1690

On the banks of the River Boyne, on a fateful, scorching hot day, two armies clash in bloody battle - Protestant against Catholic - in an epic struggle for mastery of Ireland. And, when the slaughter is over and the smoke finally clears, for these three men, nothing will ever be the same again . . .

'Splendid series . . . a sword-and-spies romp that has a keen sense of the political pressures of the time' The Times

'A proper story-teller' S. G. MacLean

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“Thank you to Net Galley for sending me a copy of book 3 in exchange for a honest review. This was predominantly Holcroft's experiences during the first Jacobite rebellion in Ireland, and the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 ( https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Boyne ). Whilst this was a great re-imagination and re-enactment of The Battle of the Boyne, I didn't find it very interesting in terms of story or plot.  There was too many battle scenes and not enough plot for my liking and I would have enjoyed more of that rather than what felt like constant fight scenes. If that's something you enjoy, then by all means this is the one for you, but I have become quite attached to Holcroft as a character and would like to see more of his personal life in books to come.  Trigger warnings for: blood, gore, rape, loss of a loved one, animal death and animal cruelty.”

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