*Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Longlisted for The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A Sunday Times Book of the Year A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year* *A Times Book of the Year An Observer Book of the Year*A woman awakes in a prison cell.
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.
But the drum of the New Model Army beat ever louder and in October 1645, Oliver Cromwell rolled in the heavy guns. The Siege of Loyalty House tells the story of these dramatic events, not only recounting the sallies and skirmishes, but the experiences of the men, women and children caught in the crossfire.