Written by Jean Plaidy

Betrayed by his friends and forsaken by the daughters he so loved,
James II made a perilous escape to France. Mary could not forgive him
for the death of the gallant Duke of Monmouth. All her love now
centred on William of Orange, her husband, and the new
King of England. Anne disliked Mary, hated William and coveted the
Crown. Her ambitions were encouraged by the audacious Sarah Churchill
who sought power as her soldier husband sought glory.

The English were determined not to tolerate a Catholic Monarch.
King James and the Queen refused to renounce their faith. He secretly
determined to rule without a parlaiment, as his executed father, Charles I
had done. Mary and Anne felt forced to act against their father, and
depose him in order to preserve the peace in the land and prevent
another civil war.