TY - BOOK AU - Wilton,Robert TI - Traitor's field: from the archives of the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey SN - 9781848878402 (pbk) : AV - PR U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Corvus KW - Civil War (Great Britain : 1642-1649) KW - fast KW - Suspense fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Suspense fiction, English KW - Betrayal KW - Fiction KW - Intrigue KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Civil War, 1642-1649 KW - lcgft KW - Spy stories KW - gsafd KW - Thrillers (Fiction) N2 - It is 1648 and Britain is at war with itself. The Royalists are defeated but Parliament is in turmoil, its power weakened by internal discord. Royalism's last hope is Sir Mortimer Shay, a ruthless veteran of decades of intrigue who must rebuild a credible threat to Cromwell's rule, whatever the cost. John Thurloe is a young official in Cromwell's service. Confronted by the extent of the Royalists' secret intelligence network, he will have to fight the true power reaching into every corner of society: the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey ER -