St. George’s Cross

At a London window in September 1649, William Prynne—branded “Seditious Libeller,” his ears mutilated—lays down John Milton’s pamphlet to greet the exile who once opposed him.

England is still reeling from civil war and the execution of its king; across the Channel, Jersey’s small island world is riven by rival claims to power. Prynne speaks for liberty, while Michael Lempriere, driven from his place in Jersey, condemns the greed and abuses of its rulers. Their guarded talk grows heated just as Captain Le Gallais arrives from the island with news: “There is that to do in Jersey which it imports the rulers of this land to know.” With old grievances and loyalties between them, what will this news demand of the men gathered around the table?

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