After the Stuart Restoration, the Parliamentarians were pardoned except for the 'regicides,' signatories of Charles I's death warrant. Many were dead or soon captured and executed, but two prominent regicides escape to America where fellow Puritans offer hiding places. On the run, they have an obsessed pursuer. Years go by. The fugitives live in increasing misery, while their pursuer contends with growing official indifference. A gripping story, building to a final dramatic confrontation and conveying much of the sadness of a lethally divided society.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 106 Autumn 2022 ) |
