Glorious

Glorious covers a fortnight in December 1688 in London during 'The Glorious Revolution' when King James II of England fled to France, and William of Orange arrived in the capital. This blend of beakthrough historical research and carefully integrated romantic fiction draws in the expert and general reader alike, shedding new light on events which have parallels and echoes in modern Europe and the anglo-saxon World today. Previously unpublished historical evidence combines several known but underreported facts of those chaotic days. The mob elected itself three colonels just weeks before. The royal cannon train returned to London at the height of the rioting. The King was using laudanum to some degree. And a redrafted minute book triggered King James' relapse after his jubilant return to London on 16th December. Extensive and detailed sources are provided in a twentyu-page Afterword, along with seventeen maps. Further supplementary material isvailable online at fergusdunlop.com The outcome rests on coincidence and the pitiless tides. And yet - unlikely love thrives on chaos. Glorious it was not.