First published 2018
A gentleman stationed at the exiled Stuart court in St. Germains pens a secret letter to his associate in England. The correspondence contains detailed plans for placing the Pretender on the British throne. The writer outlines specific methods and strategies that supporters might employ to achieve this restoration. His letter falls into enemy hands after French forces lose the town of Doway. The document exposes the ongoing schemes of Jacobite sympathizers who refuse to accept the Protestant succession. Through this fictional correspondence, readers witness the clandestine world of political conspiracy and exile. The gentleman must navigate the dangerous waters of treasonous plotting while maintaining his loyalty to the deposed Stuart cause. His revelations illuminate the persistent hopes and desperate measures of those who would overturn the established order in Great Britain.
Genres: historical, historical-fiction, political-thriller, historical-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: St. Germains, Doway, Great Britain
Period: 17th-century
52 pages · Paperback · Palala Press