Can you imagine a government determined upon the mass
slaughter of its own people?
Thomas Davenport is invited to design a magnificent
new house. His sister, Grace, hears it's deep in the Scottish
Highlands and decides the invitation should include the wider
Davenport family.
They depart in the summer of 1691, not realising that their
travels will put them in the midst of the Glen Coe Massacre,
one of the most horrific acts of a government against the people
in British history. They flee desperately, while the forces of
government flex their muscles, threatening their liberty, their
lives.
For blame has to be placed on someone, especially when
public opinion turns against the perpetrators.
Their departure for the Highlands leaves Parchman
virtually free rein in Dorset, letting loose on the Davenports
he hates, targeting homes, friends and possessions. He employs
a host of evildoers including his assistant, Alfie Rose, and his
one-time bosses, Cartwright and Ferguson. But there are other
forces in the equation, such as love and friendship; will they
prove stronger than anything Parchman can wield or will the
travellers return to ruin and desolation?
All to the Sword continues the gripping Dorset Chronicles
series; the history and drama surrounding the emergence of our
modern nation.
