The story starts amongst the hills of Cumberland which are in which part of Britain?
“Cue for Treason” by Geoffrey Trease The English Lake District. The first mountain to be mentioned is Blencathra not so far from Keswick. A large part of the story is set around that town but the action also moves to London and back again. In the first chapter Peter Brownrigg, his brother and father are committing an act of rebellion against a local landowner. What do they actually do?”Cue for Treason” by Geoffrey Trease They knock down a wall enclosing some meadow land.. The enclosure of common land by noblemen has been resented throughout English history. The noblemen had control of most lawyers and thus of the law and behaved as no better than thieves. Which article of clothing gets Peter into trouble with Sir Philip Morton?”Cue for Treason” by Geoffrey Trease his hat. The hat or cap is actually shot off his head just after he has thrown a rock at the horsemen who are coming to try to arrest the farmers knocking down the enclosure wall. Peter doesn’t have time to try and recover it.
