All to the Sword

Can you imagine a government determined upon the massslaughter of its own people?Thomas Davenport is invited to design a magnificentnew house. His sister, Grace, hears it’s deep in the ScottishHighlands and decides the invitation should include the widerDavenport family.They depart in the summer of 1691, not realising that theirtravels will put them in the midst of the Glen Coe Massacre,one of the most horrific acts of a government against the peoplein British history. They flee desperately, while the forces ofgovernment flex their muscles, threatening their liberty, theirlives.For blame has to be placed on someone, especially whenpublic opinion turns against the perpetrators.Their departure for the Highlands leaves Parchmanvirtually free rein in Dorset, letting loose on the Davenportshe hates, targeting homes, friends and possessions. He employsa host of evildoers including his assistant, Alfie Rose, and hisone-time bosses, Cartwright and Ferguson. But there are otherforces in the equation, such as love and friendship; will theyprove stronger than anything Parchman can wield or will thetravellers return to ruin and desolation?All to the Sword continues the gripping Dorset Chroniclesseries; the history and drama surrounding the emergence of ourmodern nation. 3