390:
142:, and Juliana Calill, who, as a result of her marriage to the Royalist Orlando Lovell, experiences many vicissitudes. Their stories are linked through the activities of other characters, including the ne'er-do-well Kinchin Tew, the innocent and upright Edmund Treves, and real-life political figures such as
125:
The dedication is "For
Richard / dearest and closest of friends / your favourite book / in memory", and the author's website tells that "I am still getting used to life without my dear Richard. For those of you who haven't seen this before, he died in October ". The author says in her publisher's
19:
126:
newsletter: "The greatest recommendation I can give is that
Richard, its first reader, thought it wonderful. He devoured chunks, demanding โBring more story!โ even when he was in hospital. One of the last things I was ever able to tell him was that
470:
465:
359:
441:
299:
500:
235:
434:
460:
52:
330:
495:
485:
411:
427:
138:
The story follows the experiences of two main protagonists: Gideon Jukes, a printer from London who joins the
480:
475:
170:
490:
276:
82:. The main body of the book then begins in 1634, and the endpaper blurb describes the book as being set in
130:
was to be published by Random House, so I would be working with dear friends for his favourite book."
221:
415:
281:
309:
108:
67:
period of the 17th century. At 742 pages it is substantially longer than her previous novels.
405:
208:
71:
8:
75:
40:
147:
268:
104:
95:
64:
48:
23:
349:
397:
304:
364:
243:
93:
Davis has said that her interest in this period goes back to when a print of the
401:
139:
103:
hung in her primary school classroom, and was further developed when she read
454:
326:
36:
360:"Rebels and Traitors, By Lindsey Davis: Epic proves a battle to get through"
335:
143:
56:
44:
389:
100:
83:
18:
70:
The prologue takes place on 30 January 1649 at the execution of
87:
79:
414:. Further suggestions might be found on the article's
90:, where she studied, and London, where she now lives.
452:
277:"Rebels and Traitors - Lindsey Davis - 03/09/09"
435:
348:, review; note that true to its reputation
442:
428:
165:
163:
17:
471:Novels set in Birmingham, West Midlands
466:Novels set during the English Civil War
412:See guidelines for writing about novels
331:"Rebels and Traitors by Lindsey Davies"
274:
453:
354:misspells the author's name throughout
325:
297:
357:
171:"The Lindsey Davis Newsletter, no. 9"
160:
384:
358:Brace, Marianne (24 November 2009).
322:, review from Oxford local viewpoint
298:Duncan, Alistair (29 October 2009).
271:with link to 71 pages from the book
13:
240:The Official Lindsey Davis Website
14:
512:
262:
388:
275:Norfolk, Pam (30 August 2009).
133:
59:setting of the Falco books and
35:by British historical novelist
228:
192:
1:
153:
120:
86:, where the author was born,
501:2000s historical novel stubs
404:. You can help Knowledge by
199:"Lindsey Davis Newsletter".
115:The Rider of the White Horse
7:
10:
517:
383:
63:, this book is set in the
461:British historical novels
43:series) was published by
496:Century (imprint) books
486:Novels by Lindsey Davis
282:Lancashire Evening Post
178:Random House Publishing
55:). In contrast to the
216:Cite journal requires
27:
396:This article about a
22:First edition (publ.
21:
481:Novels set in London
476:Novels set in Oxford
39:(best known for her
491:2009 British novels
329:(31 October 2009).
269:Publisher's website
128:Rebels and Traitors
76:Palace of Whitehall
47:in September 2009 (
41:Marcus Didius Falco
32:Rebels and Traitors
400:of the 2000s is a
148:Thomas Rainborough
28:
423:
422:
203:. August 2009: 2.
105:Rosemary Sutcliff
96:Laughing Cavalier
65:English Civil War
508:
444:
437:
430:
398:historical novel
392:
385:
376:
374:
372:
347:
345:
343:
321:
319:
317:
308:. Archived from
305:The Oxford Times
300:"A city divided"
293:
291:
289:
256:
255:
253:
251:
246:on 14 March 2011
242:. Archived from
236:"Lindsey's page"
232:
226:
225:
219:
214:
212:
204:
196:
190:
189:
187:
185:
175:
167:
61:Course of Honour
516:
515:
511:
510:
509:
507:
506:
505:
451:
450:
449:
448:
381:
370:
368:
365:The Independent
341:
339:
315:
313:
312:on 26 July 2011
287:
285:
265:
260:
259:
249:
247:
234:
233:
229:
217:
215:
206:
205:
198:
197:
193:
183:
181:
173:
169:
168:
161:
156:
136:
123:
12:
11:
5:
514:
504:
503:
498:
493:
488:
483:
478:
473:
468:
463:
447:
446:
439:
432:
424:
421:
420:
393:
379:
378:
355:
327:Mantel, Hilary
323:
295:
272:
264:
263:External links
261:
258:
257:
227:
218:|journal=
191:
180:. January 2009
158:
157:
155:
152:
140:New Model Army
135:
132:
122:
119:
72:King Charles I
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
513:
502:
499:
497:
494:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
462:
459:
458:
456:
445:
440:
438:
433:
431:
426:
425:
419:
417:
413:
409:
407:
403:
399:
394:
391:
387:
386:
382:
367:
366:
361:
356:
353:
352:
338:
337:
332:
328:
324:
311:
307:
306:
301:
296:
284:
283:
278:
273:
270:
267:
266:
245:
241:
237:
231:
223:
210:
202:
195:
179:
172:
166:
164:
159:
151:
149:
145:
141:
131:
129:
118:
116:
112:
111:
106:
102:
98:
97:
91:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
68:
66:
62:
58:
57:ancient Roman
54:
53:9781846056321
50:
46:
42:
38:
37:Lindsey Davis
34:
33:
25:
20:
16:
410:
406:expanding it
395:
380:
369:. Retrieved
363:
351:The Grauniad
350:
340:. Retrieved
336:The Guardian
334:
314:. Retrieved
310:the original
303:
288:11 September
286:. Retrieved
280:
248:. Retrieved
244:the original
239:
230:
209:cite journal
200:
194:
182:. Retrieved
177:
144:Edward Sexby
137:
134:Plot summary
127:
124:
114:
109:
94:
92:
69:
60:
45:Random House
31:
30:
29:
15:
371:24 November
250:1 September
455:Categories
342:31 October
316:30 October
154:References
121:Dedication
107:'s novels
101:Frans Hals
84:Birmingham
416:talk page
377:, review
294:, review
184:31 March
74:at the
24:Century
88:Oxford
80:London
51:
174:(PDF)
110:Simon
402:stub
373:2009
344:2009
318:2009
290:2009
252:2009
222:help
186:2009
146:and
113:and
49:ISBN
99:by
457::
362:.
333:.
302:.
279:.
238:.
213::
211:}}
207:{{
201:10
176:.
162:^
150:.
117:.
78:,
443:e
436:t
429:v
418:.
408:.
375:.
346:.
320:.
292:.
254:.
224:)
220:(
188:.
26:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.