Three quality historical novels, all featuring women who displayed extraordinary courage in difficult, dangerous situations. In Cat & Mouse, British suffragette Sarah Becket faces prison for demonstrating for women's right to vote. When her sister Deborah comes to rescue her, the sisters expose a serious sexual scandal at the heart of the British political establishment, which Sarah's husband, Jonathan, is determined to keep secret at all costs. It is 1914, and the threat of the Great War rumbles closer. Five years later, in The Blood Upon the Rose, the young Irish aristocrat and medical student, Catherine O'Connell-Gort , fights for an end to British rule in Ireland. She is in love with a young IRA Volunteer, but her father, a senior officer in British military intelligence, insists that she marry a scarred war veteran, a dangerous assassin on a secret mission to murder the IRA leader Michael Collins. What secrets can she keep, and who will she betray - her family or her lover, her country or her class? And what results will flow from her dreadful decisions? In The Monmouth Summer, young Ann Carter is torn by equally agonizing choices. In 1685 the Puritan people of her Devon village rise up in revolt in support of the Duke of Monmouth against the Catholic king of England, James II. They are hugely determined, but poorly armed and led. Ann's father, Adam, fears if he dies he will leave his wife and daughters destitute, unless Ann marries her solid, dependable childhood sweetheart, Tom Goodchild. But although Ann loves her father, she is dazzled by the rich Royalist officer, Robert Pole. She knows this love is sinful, but when her father is captured and sentenced to death, she can think of only way to save him ... Each book is based on careful research. These three women - Sarah Becket, Catherine O'Connell-Gort and Ann Carter - are all imagined characters, but the historical events in their stories really happened, and women like Sarah, Catherine and Ann faced real choices every bit as dramatic and difficult as those described in these stories. 'Cat & Mouse is a well written and researched epic drama with great historical merit wrapped around a fascinating web of characters and interwoven diverse plot lines ... which provides something for everyone: riots, romance, mystery, intrigue and crime all the while depicting lies, deception, betrayal and political struggles complete with a climatic ending - what more could you want from a novel?' Andrea Saxelby for the Kindle Book Review. 'First and foremost Cat & Mouse is a novel and about people, a mixture of romance and thriller. First it engagingly explores its characters' very different worlds. Then it carefully brings them together for a shattering conclusion. You won't forget this book!' Moorsman 'The Blood Upon the Rose is a masterfully written historical romance that places the reader in Ireland during the aftermath of World War I ... I enjoyed this book so much, that I look forward to reading it a second time.' Alle Wells, author of Railroad Man. The Blood Upon the Rose: 'One of the most poignant love stories I have ever read' Jenny Twist, author of Domingo's Angel 'In a nutshell, I thought that the Monmouth Summer was a masterpiece ... I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Seventeenth Century and looking to read a well researched, action packed story of an incredibly famous rebellion in English history.' Samantha J. Morris, 'A superb historical novel.. Not only is the read compelling as great fiction, it provides the reader with a strong sense of the social and cultural milieu of late Seventeenth Century England. ' Howard Wolf   

Two boys meet on a voyage that transforms their lives. Madu, a young African, is captured by the English slave-trader, Sir John Hawkins. Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves. At first the two boys boys hate each other. But as the story develops their roles are reversed, and they become closer friends than either would have once believed possible. This is a fast-moving drama based around real historical events. History as you never learned it in school!Review'Mr Vicary writes with a skillful grasp of action mixed with emotion, a delicate balance that is only outdone by the attention to historical detail that gives "Nobody's Slave" such a genuine resonance.' Kaylee Stevens, Goodreads. 'This fast-paced historical novel blends fact with fiction, and I for one loved it.' Karen Matthews. LibraryThing. 'The story was amazing and I choked up more than once and kept turning the pages as fast as I could. Definitely recommend to fans of historical fiction, or anyone who enjoys an intense and fulfilling read.' Stacy Decker, Shelfari. 'I really enjoy reading and learning about something at the same time and this book was so interesting I didn't realize I was actually learning something!' Annabella Johnson, Librarything. 'Ripped from some of the most evil parts of our history ... "Nobody's Slave" celebrates the human spirit in an unexpected and touching way. I was particularly touched by the authenticity that Mr Vicary brought to the scenes and characters ... This author has done his homework and it shows.' Claire Middleton, Goodreads. 'I almost think that this book should be taught in the high schools as it gives such a human "face" to slavery in Africa and at the hands of the English.' Brenda Maxwell, LibraryThing. About the AuthorTim Vicary is an award-winning author and a university teacher at the Norwegian Study Centre at the university of York, England. He has always been interested in history and has published four historical novels. He has also published three legal thrillers in 'The Trials of Sarah Newby' series. A Fatal Verdict, the second book in this series, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel in 2012. He has also written about twenty graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. In 2010 and 2011 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation.Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming.His website is http://www.timvicary.com and his blog is http://www.timvicary.wordpress.com