I haven't read many books set in the civil war so I wasn't all that familiar with the players apart from Cromwell of course. I liked the way this is written, with attention on the female characters but not to the exclusion of the men. I think it suffered a little because a lot of the more battle based sections, the character could not have been there for so it was a little more focused on women's choices and decisions in that time. It was actually quite nice to have a female character actually not mind housework but just wanting something more. She wasn't dismissive of other women wanting that lifestyle, apart from her sister but I think that was more sibling rivalry than anything.

I will read more by this author but I won't necessarily seek out the books.