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I always enjoy Philippa Gregory’s well-researched and finely detailed work, however looking through a contemporary lens at 1648 requires the reader to suspend a lot of disbelief. The climate of fear and secrecy made it more difficult to swallow the issues raised about justice, poverty, domestic abuse, equality, social mobility, monarchy, religion, witchcraft, class and gender would just pale into insignificance with the task the reader is asked to undertake. There are a few examples of poor women being raised up in devoted relationships but these are few and far between. That said, the book has its merits, namely its sound historical setting and sense of place.