Qs Historical Legacy - XVII - Tales of the Civil War

Now surpassed in fame by his daughters best friend, Daphne Du Maurier, Arthur Quiller-Couch was the pre-eminent Cornish writer of Victorian and Edwardian times. His work is of great interest since his fiction often contains a factual, historical, basis This volume contains five tales of adventure, romance, escapades and an occasional lucky escape: - - Captain Wyverns Adventures, relates the explosive consequences of the imprisonment of Parliamentarians in the tower of the. - Margery of Lawhibbet tells of brother and sister twins and the consequences for both after the brother goes to fight for the Royalists -Red Velvet recounts the outcome of the capture of a Parliamentarian by a female Royalist. -The Copernican Convoy retells of the sack of Farnham. -The Splendid Spur tells of a student who, encounters a mysterious stranger and finds himself carrying a letter from the King.