A Crowning Mercy

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061832987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
The civil war that is tearing England asunder in the year 1643 has not yet touched Dorcas Slythe, a secretly rebellious young Puritan woman living in the countryside south of London. She aches to escape the safe, pious tyranny of her father—and the opportunity appears with the arrival of Toby Lazender, dashing scion of a powerful royalist family, who awakens her to her passionate destiny. Her adventure truly begins with the discovery of an intricately wrought gold seal—one of four that, when joined, will reveal a great secret. Suddenly grave danger lies before her—not from Cromwell's advancing armies, but from relentless enemies who covet the great treasure to which she now holds the key.

Cromwell's Crowning Mercy

Author: Malcolm Atkin
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Here for the first time is a vivid, fully illustrated account of this most dramatic of Civil War battles, described by Cromwell as a 'crowning mercy'. It represented the crowning achievement of Cromwell's military career, and was a mercy in bringing to an end (bar a few ineffective plots and uprisings) the fighting of the Civil War. Using original sources and quoting extensively from the accounts of those who took part, the author explains the role of the local gentry in the war and the attitudes of the ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events. For the first time, there is also extensive discussion of the fate of the thousands of Scottish prisoners who faced transportation to the New World or the fens of East Anglia. Extensive appendices reproduce contemporary documents, making the book a valuable resource for further study. As a local study and as a dissection of a key event in the English Civil War, Malcolm Atkin's authoritative accounts will be essential reading for all those interested in the period.

The Fallen Angels

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060725656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
During the French Revolution, lovely young Englishwoman Lady Campion Lazender finds herself endangered because of her French ancestry and her valuable estate, coveted by a ruthless secret society.

A Crowning Mercy

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060725648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
A "New York Times" bestselling master of historical fiction and his co-author deliver a powerful story of a young Puritan woman who, as civil war tears England asunder in 1643, will risk everything to find love and a secret fortune.

Fallen Angels

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780008298463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
A lost legacy puts one of England's great families in mortal peril ... Lazen Castle, home to the much-envied Lazender family, is a house under siege. The heir is abroad, pursuing his own adventures, so the family estates fall under the control of his sister, Campion. Meanwhile, The Fallen Angels, a powerful and dangerous secret society in Europe, need the Lazender fortune to bring their rebellion to England. Surrounded by deceit, Campion draws ever closer to a subtle trap that has been laid for her, her only hope being Gypsy - her brother's aloof horse-master, whose loyalties have always been uncertain. In this powerful blend of passion, adventure and intrigue, the second chronicle of the great Lazender family comes to life.

The Aristocrats

Author: Susannah Kells
Publisher: Saint Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780312910099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
Born into a world of wealth and privilege, they lived above the rules . . . They were The Aristocrats. Absorbing . . . A stunning climax . . . Gripping plot and vivid delineation of characters.--Nashville Banner. Martin's.

A Crowning Mercy

Author: Susannah Kells
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780002227414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description

Vagabond

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061801798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale—the spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail. In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor who also seeks Christendom's most holy relic. But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the Inquisitor's hands can turn Thomas from his sworn mission. And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous black rider who destroyed everything he loved still lives. "Cornwell writes the best battle scenes of any writer I've read past or present."—George R.R. Martin

Scoundrel

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061826707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
“A gifted storyteller and orchestrator of suspense.” —Philadelphia Inquirer “Bernard Cornwell is to the yachting adventure novel what ex-jockey Dick Francis is to the racetrack thriller.” —Orlando Sentinel The New York Times bestselling author of The Fort, the Saxon Tales, and the immensely popular Richard Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell has been called, “perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today” (Washington Post). He demonstrates another side of his extraordinary storytelling talents with Scoundrel, a contemporary tale of excitement and danger on high and treacherous seas. A gripping tale of an outlaw yacht captain who decides to cross the Irish Republican Army for a $5 million payday only to find himself pursued by intelligence agents, terrorists, and killers across perilous open waters, Scoundrel is a masterful thriller in the Tom Clancy vein—a masterwork of suspense from one of today’s most versatile and accomplished popular novelists.

Sing You Home

Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439102724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477

Book Description
Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman and wants to start a family, but her ex-husband, Max, stands in the way.