Cornwell writing with his wife. Average
Fantastic reading. Contains both romannce and adventure.
Richard K. (richkaplanovitchsky) -
Gripping love story and illuminating historical fiction set during the Puritan Glorious Revolution in Britain in the 1600s. No doubt this is simplified history. For me, the heroine is too passive, and I found the moments when she is threatened a bit too scary and perilous. I like my protagonists to be more active and master of their predicament. Still, this was fun and, as I said, gripping.
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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, who longs to escape the safe, pious tyranny of her father.
The chance appears with the arrival of Toby Lazender, dashing scion of a powerful royalist family. It is he who renames her "Campion," awakening her to a bold, hitherto unknown passion ... and to a mysterious and perilous destiny. With the discovery of an intricately wrought gold seal -- one of four that, when joined, will reveal a great secret and uncover an enormous fortune -- Campion's quest begins. Love, riches, and redemption await her at the end of her perilous adventure. Or death. A Crowning Mercy a breathtaking adventure, both riveting and romantic, from Bernard Cornwell, bestselling master of historical fiction, and Susannah Kells.
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, who longs to escape the safe, pious tyranny of her father.
The chance appears with the arrival of Toby Lazender, dashing scion of a powerful royalist family. It is he who renames her "Campion," awakening her to a bold, hitherto unknown passion ... and to a mysterious and perilous destiny. With the discovery of an intricately wrought gold seal -- one of four that, when joined, will reveal a great secret and uncover an enormous fortune -- Campion's quest begins. Love, riches, and redemption await her at the end of her perilous adventure. Or death. A Crowning Mercy a breathtaking adventure, both riveting and romantic, from Bernard Cornwell, bestselling master of historical fiction, and Susannah Kells.
Historical novel. Excellent reading.
If you like Bernard Cornwell Sharp Novels you will like this.
