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A Crowning Mercy
- Narrator
- Judith Franklin
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 28 August 2014
- Run Time
- 17 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
In a country at war, a secret inheritance reveals a dark conspiracy …
On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger.
But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father, a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words: St Matthew.
One of four intricately wrought seals – each holding a secret within – it can, when combined with the other three, bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance – but it’s a perilous legacy others will kill for …
Critics Review
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Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
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‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive’ George R.R. Martin
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‘Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might have been before anything like England existed’ THE TIMES
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‘He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that’ TELEGRAPH
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‘A reminder of just how good a writer he is’ SUNDAY TIMES
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‘Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell’ Lee Child
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This is a magnificent and gory work' Daily Mail
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'The historical blockbuster of the year' EVENING STANDARD
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‘A runaway success’ OBSERVER
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‘A master of storytelling’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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This is typical Cornwell, meticulously researched, massive in scope, brilliant in execution’ NEWS OF THE WORLD
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Details
- Author
- Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells
- Narrator
- Judith Franklin
- Duration
- 17 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 August 2014
- ISBN
- 9780007599059
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Alternative history fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships
Synopsis
In a country at war, a secret inheritance reveals a dark conspiracy … On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger. But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father, a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words: St Matthew. One of four intricately wrought seals – each holding a secret within – it can, when combined with the other three, bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance – but it’s a perilous legacy others will kill for …
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