Cromwell's Promise

By S. Pitt

When he returns home after fighting in the English Civil War, Tom Swainson is full of hope for a New Age of equality. Yet he finds his wife with child by his friend, Matthew Hobday, and his livelihood threatened by 'Venturers', who wish to enclose and drain the Fens. Swainson, with a group of like-minded Commoners, sets off to find Cromwell, believing he will uphold their rights as he pledged before the war. But politicians’ promises cannot always be trusted. Set in the turbulent and uncertain years following the execution of Charles I, Cromwell's Promise is a powerful story of personal and political betrayal.