Join the Divided Kingdom Readers’ Club and download unpublished short stories and book tasters for FREE. This is an exclusive offer that comes with membership of the ‘Clubmen’. Clubmen also receive a monthly email direct from the author, with research snippets, opportunities to meet and more.
FREE Extended Taster
Join the Clubmen and read the first chapters of The Keys of Hell and Death online for FREE. This is an exclusive offer that is only available to members of the Divided Kingdom Readers’ Club. Join the Clubmen and download this extended taster.
Praise for The Keys of Hell and Death:
'From page 1 Cordell plunges you into the fast-flowing battlefields of 1643, full of fear, tension and the relief of surviving.'
General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE
'Day by agonising day. Yard by bloody yard. Men stand shoulder to shoulder to fight and die for their cause. Charles Cordell takes the reader every step of the way.'
David Gilman, award-winning author of the Master of War series, The Last Horseman and The Englishman
'Charles Cordell's second book maintains the same level of well-researched detail that we've come to expect.'
Jeremy Fowler, Adjutant General of The Sealed Knot
'You can smell the sweat and fear.'
David Gilman, award-winning author of the Master of War series, The Last Horseman and The Englishman
'Charles Cordell brilliantly captures the plight of soldiers in realistic detail in and around battle.'
General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE
'I have been waiting for this second novel in Charles Cordell's series, and am not disappointed.'
Professor Ronald Hutton CBE FRHistS FSA FLSW FBA
'The characters are believable, and the fast-paced and brutal nature of the conflict immerse you in the smoke, blood, and smell of burnt powder and death. The author seamlessly transitions between both sides almost in real-time.'
Jeremy Fowler, Adjutant General of The Sealed Knot
'A remarkable and unique talent. Charles Cordell holds his reader transfixed in a book that simply cannot be put down.'
Jeremy Fowler, Adjutant General of The Sealed Knot
'Heart-pounding action, heartbreaking loss as a nation tears itself apart.'
David Gilman, award-winning author of the Master of War series, The Last Horseman and The Englishman
'Once more Charles Cordell evokes the experience of the Civil War soldier, in every branch of arms, more vividly than ever before, and gives us characters whom we are eager to follow through the story.'
Professor Ronald Hutton CBE FRHistS FSA FLSW FBA
Clubmen in the English Civil War
The Clubmen of the English Civil War played a fascinating role, banding together to defend their villages and towns from the excesses of both the Royalists and Parliamentarian forces. In some areas, they became a third force that had to be reconned with.
As the first English Civil War continued, so the Clubmen movement grew. By 1645, they numbered in their thousands. Ultimately, Prince Rupert, Fairfax and Cromwell were all forced to negotiate and deal with them.
Divided Kingdom Readers’ Club
Clubmen will get exclusive free access to unpublished work. This will include unpublished short stories, novelettes and novellas based on the characters of the Divided Kingdom books. I hope you will enjoy them as much as the published novels.
Clubmen will also receive a monthly email direct from me. I will tell you what I am working on and share the historical nuggets I uncover in my research. You will also know where and when there will be opportunities to meet.
I very much look forward to meeting as many clubmen as I can. There will be exclusive local clubmen events during my travels for research and marketing. I hope these will be fun, relaxed, with an opportunity to hear your thoughts.
In return, I would ask you to give me clear, honest, constructive feedback. If you don’t like something I am doing, tell me. I may ask you to help from time to time. If you can, please do help me with your particular expertise or local knowledge.
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