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Duking Days: Rebellion
Helena Woulfe, the daughter of a wealthy Exeter nobleman leads a privileged life, however, when rebellion sweeps the West Country, her family is caught in its grip. After Monmouth’s bloody defeat in battle at Sedgemoor, Helena sets off for Somerset to find the three missing members of her family.
With the Woulfe estate confiscated by the crown, Helena and her younger brother Henry hope the anonymity of the capital city will be more forgiving to the children of a convicted rebel. However, Helena finds her search for security and respectability in London are threatened by someone who wishes harm to a traitor's daughter.
Previously published as Duking Days Rebellion
With the Woulfe estate confiscated by the crown, Helena and her younger brother Henry hope the anonymity of the capital city will be more forgiving to the children of a convicted rebel. However, Helena finds her search for security and respectability in London are threatened by someone who wishes harm to a traitor's daughter.
Previously published as Duking Days Rebellion
280 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2007
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Anita Davison
24 books154 followersAuthor of the Flora Maguire Mysteries published by Aria Fiction
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May 29, 2008
A book about 17th Century England was the last thing I thought would captivate me, but I was seriously mistaken. Anita Seymour writes with such description and depth, you are certain to be reeled in and made to walk in the character's shoes. I've read just about everything from this author because of her writing style and ability to make history fascinating, and I'll bet you'll feel the same. If I could give her a higher rating, I would in a hot minute.
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This book opened my eyes to English history and endeared me to the characters who will continue in the Duking Days series. Ms. Davison is a terrific author.
Merged review:
This book opened my eyes to English history and endeared me to the characters who will continue in the Duking Days series. Ms. Davison is a terrific author.
September 27, 2014
The Rebel’s Daughter’s father and mother are Sir Jonathan and Lady Wulfe of Loxbeare House in Somerset. The Rebel is wealthy Protestant Sir Jonathan, who fears the consequences of James II’s Roman Catholic faith. For this reason he supports the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II.
Helena’s father, elder brother Aaron and her Uncle Edmund join Monmouth after he lands in England.
Before Sir Jonathan leaves, he tells his wife, daughter and younger son Henry. “There’ll be no fighting.” He had laughed. “This isn’t a battle, it’s more of a protest under arms.” He was wrong. James II hated his nephew and was determined to ruthlessly crush the rebellion.
At church the vicar reads a proclamation that declares Monmouth’s followers are rebels and traitors. Helena is frightened for her father, brother and uncle, and also wonders if any respectable man would want his son to marry a traitor’s daughter.
Helena misses her father. She wants him “home again, to feel his laughter rolling in his chest as he held her against him, the scratch of his rough coat on her cheek and the smell of his skin in her senses.” But everything Sir Jonathan owns will be expropriated with tragic consequences.
Anita Seymour is to be congratulated both for her research and for bringing the Monmouth rebellion and its tragic consequences to life. I could almost see the flashes of gunfire in the dark, experience Sir Jonathan’s despair when his men are slaughtered and his disgust when Monmouth flees. I empathised with Helena and Henry left with a mother who could not cope with Sir Jonathan’s absence from home and her fears for his safety.
The author moves Rebel’s Daughter forward at a fast pace, but never at the cost of superb descriptions of Somerset, emotion and the brutality which follows Monmouth’s defeat. As I read I hoped for a satisfactory outcome for the Rebel’s Daughter, Henry, her father, uncle and elder brother.
My congratulations to Ms.Seymour for writing a novel that gripped me from beginning to end.
Helena’s father, elder brother Aaron and her Uncle Edmund join Monmouth after he lands in England.
Before Sir Jonathan leaves, he tells his wife, daughter and younger son Henry. “There’ll be no fighting.” He had laughed. “This isn’t a battle, it’s more of a protest under arms.” He was wrong. James II hated his nephew and was determined to ruthlessly crush the rebellion.
At church the vicar reads a proclamation that declares Monmouth’s followers are rebels and traitors. Helena is frightened for her father, brother and uncle, and also wonders if any respectable man would want his son to marry a traitor’s daughter.
Helena misses her father. She wants him “home again, to feel his laughter rolling in his chest as he held her against him, the scratch of his rough coat on her cheek and the smell of his skin in her senses.” But everything Sir Jonathan owns will be expropriated with tragic consequences.
Anita Seymour is to be congratulated both for her research and for bringing the Monmouth rebellion and its tragic consequences to life. I could almost see the flashes of gunfire in the dark, experience Sir Jonathan’s despair when his men are slaughtered and his disgust when Monmouth flees. I empathised with Helena and Henry left with a mother who could not cope with Sir Jonathan’s absence from home and her fears for his safety.
The author moves Rebel’s Daughter forward at a fast pace, but never at the cost of superb descriptions of Somerset, emotion and the brutality which follows Monmouth’s defeat. As I read I hoped for a satisfactory outcome for the Rebel’s Daughter, Henry, her father, uncle and elder brother.
My congratulations to Ms.Seymour for writing a novel that gripped me from beginning to end.
September 21, 2014
In this story of divided loyalties, family fealty and great loss, Seymour creates a brave heroine. As her family finds themselves on the wrong side of the king, Helena Woulfe finds she must protect her family and her home at Loxbeare. Seymour is especially good at description. She really puts us there. A ripping tale!
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January 27, 2008
I read this book and I'm amazed at the combination of history and human emotions. A must read!
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Diane
May 3, 2012
I enjoyed every sentence of Duking Days: Rebellion. Anita Davison has an uncanny ability to write authentic historical fiction. I recommend her works to anyone.
December 3, 2020
It’s very exciting to read and has well developed characters
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