#1 – Blood’s Game
London, 1670. Holcroft Blood enters the service of the Duke of Buckingham, where his unusual gift for mathematics, ciphers and mechanical problems makes him valuable in the political world surrounding Charles II. Court patronage offers advancement but also makes the young man vulnerable to schemes in…
#2 – Blood’s Revolution
Lieutenant Holcroft Blood returns from secret work in France to serve as an artillery officer under James II. At the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685, his guns help destroy the rebellion led by the Duke of Monmouth, but the Bloody Assizes and the king’s increasingly authoritarian…
#3 – Blood’s Campaign
Ireland, 1690. Captain Holcroft Blood serves William’s army against the forces loyal to the deposed James II. He is ordered to organise artillery for the siege of Carrickfergus and then to bring his guns south as two armies prepare to meet beside the River Boyne. The…