The clouds of civil war hovered ominously over England in 1642, as Puritan and Royalist forces gathered for bitter battle. Caught in the midst of tumultuous events, the characters in Miss Goudge's gripping novel act out a compelling drama of intrigue and timeless romance.
Awww, look at the groovy people on the cover of this book. She is wearing Biba and blue eyeshadow. He has carefully styled and blow-dried hair and looks like he bought his outfit in King's Road. They're clearly a happening couple from the 1970s.
--Wait a minute. You're telling me that the story takes place in 1642?
Now this is an example of egregiously generic cover art: it could have been slapped on any paperback romance (and probably was). I can hazard a guess who the people on the cover are meant to be, but they don't really resemble any of the characters in the book. It's a pity: the author is better than average, and certainly didn't write the standard kind of hack work usually published in paperbacks of this kind.
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