When the Duke of Monmouth lands to claim his uncle’s throne in 1685, the Somerset town of Taunton greets him with banners and flowers. Everett-Green follows a group of young townsfolk swept up in the rebellion, through the hopes of the rising, the defeat at Sedgemoor and the terror of Judge Jeffreys’s Bloody Assizes, with loyalty and courage put to the test.
A vivid historical story for young readers about one of England’s last popular rebellions. Download the free EPUB.