persecution, she gathers a crew of protectors and cou nters gathers a crew of protectors and counters donaghye debonair and deals with a fear that we can all too well imagine. welcome. let's start with that time in england in the 17th century in the civil war because it's at the heart of the book, the turmoil, you are obviously drawn to it, it obviously excites you. very much so, i'm fascinated by historical time periods that are times of aftermath 01’ periods that are times of aftermath or transition for revolution. whether it is a literal revolution like this particular time period or a revolution of the mind, cultural say —— shaking up of everything. in the case of the civil war it was all of those things. a lot of people at the time felt the entire world was falling apart, lots of people talked about the world turning upside down and quitea about the world turning upside down and quite a few people thought the world was ending. a lot of people prepared for the literal biblical end times. and into that world you insert this wonderful psychological drama of ghosts that live in the heads of