Glorious
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Glorious covers a fortnight in December 1688 in London during 'The Glorious Revolution of 1688' when King James II of England fled to France, and William of Orange arrived in the capital. This blend of beakthrough historical research and romantic fiction develops several known but underreported factual aspects of those chaotic days, for which sources are provided in an extensive Afterword. The mob elected itself three colonels just weeks before. The royal cannon train returned to London at the height of the rioting. And the King was using laudanum to some degree. Particular attention is paid to previously unpublished historical evidence. A redrafted minute book triggers King James' relapse after his jubilant return to London on 16th December. The outcome rests on coincidence and the pitiless tides. And yet - unlikely love thrives on chaos. Glorious it was not.
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Prologue ix
Simplified tree of the Kings and Queens of England 1485-1714
EBB TIDE
Day 1. Sunday 9 December 1688
Day 2. Monday 10 December 1688
Day 3. Tuesday 11 December 1688
Day 4. Wednesday 12 December 1688
FLOOD TIDE
Day 5. Thursday 13 December 1688
Day 6. Friday 14 December 1688
Day 7. Saturday 15 December 1688
Day 8. Sunday 16 December 1688
Day 9. Monday 17 December 1688
TIDAL RACE
Day 10. Tuesday 18 December 1688
Day 11. Wednesday 19 December 1688
Day 12. Thursday 20 December 1688
Day 13. Friday 21 December 1688
Day 14. Saturday 22 December 1688
Day 15. Sunday 23 December 1688
Afterword to the Glorious trilogy
Acknowledgements
Epilogues for Major Historical Characters
Maps for the Glorious trilogy
Index of Historical Characters
