3.5 ⭐

Before starting this book, I looked back on my review for The Swift & The Harrier, and I'd basically said what a great day it was, when Walters decided to write historical fiction.
I stand by that.
She brings the time, the place and the people to life.
This book entertains and educates (those of us who know nothing)
It's a worthy sequel, and I very much enjoyed following the adventures of our main characters.

The Players by Minette Walters


England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when an illegitimate son and pretender to the throne arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his uncle, King James II. Angered, the king orders every captured rebel to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

As the country braces for carnage, the formidable Lady Jayne Harrier and her enigmatic son contrive ways to save men from the gallows...

I love anything by the author and inhale her books as soon as they are out . As always a perfect read , totally riveting and could not put it down , the characters , the prose , the whole lot . Perfect.