A Crowning Mercy, Bernard Cornwell
A Crowning Mercy, Bernard Cornwell
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A Crowning Mercy
A Novel

Author: Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Unabridged: 17 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/22/2022

Synopsis

“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.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.

About Susannah Kells

Susannah Kells is the pen name of Bernard's wife, Judy Cornwell. They live on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary

A beautiful young woman is bathing nude in a stream (against the rules of her dour and punitive Puritan father) , when a strange cavalier, Toby Lazender comes across her and gives her a new name, deciding that Dorcas Slythe is too ugly for her loveliness and names her Campion.Instantly they become l......more

Goodreads review by Peter

One afternoon during the 1640's when King Charles I of England's Royalist forces are at war with Parliament's Roundheads a pretty young girl, illicitly swimming naked in a stream, is surprised a passing stranger. Her parents call her Dorcas, but he calls her Campion and she immediately falls in love......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

This is an exciting story, as Dorcas, aka Campion, races to achieve the quota of jewelled seals that will allow her to claim her vast inheritance, against the machinations of various slimeballs who also want the fortune and the vicissitudes of the Civil War; and to be reunited with her true love, of......more

Goodreads review by Ed

I picked this up at a going out of business sale as soon as I saw Bernard Cornwell's name. Little did I know that the co-author was his wife and the book was actually published in 1983. I also had no idea that this story would be as much or more historical romance rather than straight historical fic......more

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