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A Crowning Mercy

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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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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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