The English Civil War divided loyalties and families. When King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, the nation struggled to heal the divide and rebuild a nation after nearly two decades of Civil War. Many had suffered under Cromwells Commonwealth, lives had been taken, fortunes made and lost, and land redistributed. The Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries series is an epic tale of a family divided, beginning with the return from France of the Royalists, Hal Westwoods arranged marriage to the daughter of a Puritan, and their budding love affair. Historically accurate, yet filled with...

A Hal Westwood Restoration mystery. .... England was still a land of divided loyalties when .... King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660. .... The nation struggled to heal the breach and rebuild .... after nearly two decades of Civil War.

A Hal Westwood Restoration mystery. .... England was still a land of divided loyalties when .... King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660. .... The nation struggled to heal the breach and rebuild .... after nearly two decades of Civil War.

Christmas 1666 Book 7 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries. A rain sodden, dank Christmas for Hal Westwood, and the joy of the recent celebration for Cousin Tom Kingscott's wedding only serves to underline Hal's sense of isolation. It is this which sends him in search of a glimpse of Sophie Redcroft and leads to a tale of a missing bride, intrigue, buried treasure and mayhem, all of which must be resolved before Twelfth Night. An Epithany for Hal? A revelation for Sophie? Who knows what the New Year will bring ?