The bleeding land - Giles Kristian

King Charles and Parliament each gather soldiers to their banners. Across the land, men prepare to do battle for their religious and political ideals. The Rivers are landed gentry, and their allegiance is to the Crown. Edmund, the eldest son, will do his duty to his king, but his brother Tom will turn his back on all he once believed in. From the raising of the King's Standard at Nottingham Castle to the butchery of Edgehill, Edmund and Tom Rivers will each learn of honour, sacrifice, hatred and betrayal as they follow their chosen paths through the bloody chaos of civil war...