The Players

De: Minette Walters

Narrado por: Emma Gregory

England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle.

Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King James II's superior forces and charged with high treason. Those found guilty will be hanged, drawn and quartered.

As Dorset braces for carnage, the redoubtable Lady Jayne Harrier and a small group of trusted allies - including her courageous son and the independent-minded daughter of a local lawyer - contrive ways to save men from the gallows.

Compelling and powerful, The Players is a story of guile, deceit and compassion during the dark days of The Bloody Assizes. Secrets are kept and surprising friendships formed in a dangerous gamble to thwart a brutal king's thirst for vengeance...

©2025 Minette Walters (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd.

Heartwarming and well researched

The sequel to the swift and the harrier builds on the same themes, which were fine to revisit. The plot is not so strong. I enjoyed listening to the excellent performance of the narrator. Walters let you feel being in England centuries ago. You get a feeling how society worked in that time. The main characters however are too close to our age to be entirely convincing. They are also heroes of mythical proportion, quite enjoyable nevertheless.