Birthright by David Hingley (2016 hardcover - 1st) New

Birthright\nby David Hingley\nThis hardback has been published in the UK by Allison and Busby Ltd in 2016 and is a first edition, first impression.\n*\n1664. Four years after Charles II is restored to the throne, Mercia Blakewood stands to lose everything: her father to the executioner'saxe her freedom to her treacherous uncle, her son to his resentfulgrandparents. But when her father leaves her a cryptic message inhis last speech, she seizes her chance to fight back.\nWith would-be lover Nathan Keyte and unlikely new friend Nicholas Wildmoor, Mercia must unravel her father's mystery to find a greatprize long thought lost, striving to recover the King's stolen birthrightin the hope of reclaiming her own. From London's bulging metropolisto the forests of Manhattan she will contend with murder, intrigueand lust, fighting for her future and her life as the town ofNew York is born. \n*\nThe book is new and unread.