A Crowning Mercy - Softcover

Cornwell, Bernard; Kells, Susannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061724386 ISBN 13: 9780061724381

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2009

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2009-12-01 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US 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 Cromwells advancing armies. but from relentless enemies who covet the great treasure to which she now holds the key.

About this title

Product Description:

"If you love historical drama...then look no further."
--Boston Globe

Bernard Cornwell, the perennial New York Times bestselling author of the Richard Sharpe series and "perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today" (Washington Post) joins co-author Susannah Kells for A Crowning Mercy--a breathtaking romantic adventure set against the dramatic backdrop of the English Civil War. The exciting story of a rebellious Puritan woman on a perilous quest for love and fortune, A Crowning Mercy is a must for Cornwell fans as well as for devoted readers of Sharon Kay Penman and Diana Gabaldon.

Review:

‘A virtuoso of historical fiction’ Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061724386
• ISBN 13: 9780061724381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544