This is the second novel by Ann Turnbull that I have read and both have the historical setting of the English Civil War as a backdrop. A teen novel, Alice runs away with her first love and becomes a camp follower convinced her true love will marry her at the next town. Obviously this isn't going to happen and the story closely follows the brutality of war and the relationships of men fighting a war while their women follow them. An interesting read and one with a bit of depth to it too.