Colonel Randal Holles, an old Parliament soldier down on his luck, haunts the antechamber of the Duke of Albemarle in Restoration London looking for employment, and takes a dishonourable commission he soon regrets. A lady, a rakish courtier and the advance of the Great Plague of 1665 test what honour he has left.
Swashbuckling romance by the author of Captain Blood and Scaramouche. Download the free EPUB.