Publisher's Synopsis
St. George And St. Michael V3 is a novel written by George MacDonald. It is set in the 17th century during the English Civil War and follows the lives of two families who are on opposing sides of the conflict. The story centers around two main characters, a young man named Ralph and a young woman named Dorothy. Ralph is a Royalist who fights for King Charles I, while Dorothy is a Puritan who supports the Parliamentarians. Despite their opposing views, Ralph and Dorothy fall in love and struggle to reconcile their differences. Along the way, they encounter many challenges and obstacles, including betrayal, imprisonment, and death. The novel explores themes of love, loyalty, faith, and forgiveness, and offers a unique perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in English history.He had lost much blood, having lain a long time, as I say, in the fallow-field before Shafto found him. Oft-recurring fever, extreme depression, and intermittent and doubtful progress life-wards followed. Through all the commotion of the king's visits, the coming and going, the clang of hoofs and clanking of armour, the heaving of hearts and clamour of tongues, he lay lapped in ignorance and ministration, hidden from the world and deaf to the gnarring of its wheels, prisoned in a twilight dungeon, to which....This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
