A Crowning Mercy Series, Books 1-2 - Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells Audiobook

Written by Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells
Read by Julia Franklin, Fiona Paul
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Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells; A Crowning Mercy Series, Books 1-2
A Crowning Mercy
Written by: Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
Series: A Crowning Mercy, Book 1
Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Publisher’s Summary
A highly entertaining, wonderfully colourful story, now revealed to be written by one of our favourite historical novelists.

In mid 17th-century England, the nation was in upheaval. In the Dorset countryside, one sunlit afternoon, a young girl, illicitly bathing in a stream, first fell in love with a passing stranger. Her parents called her Dorcas, but he called her Campion and that’s what she longed to be, then and forever.

She had one gift left for her by her unknown father - a pendant made of gold, banded by tiny glowing stones and at its base was a seal engraved with an axe and the words: St Matthew. So when she flees before the unbearable, worthy suitor who is forced upon her after her forbidden meeting, she takes this and the delicate lace gloves with her, and hopes to find her father, and her lover.

There are four of these intricately wrought seals - each owned by a stranger, each holding a secret within. And when all four seals are united, then the holder will have access to great wealth and power. That is Campion’s inheritance.

But to claim this and find again her summer love, she must follow the course her father’s legacy charts for her. It is a road full of both peril and enchantment.

A Crowning Mercy was first published in 1983 under the name Susannah Kells. It has been out of print for 10 years. HarperCollins are delighted to be able to re-publish it.

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Fallen Angels
Written by: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Fiona Paul
Series: A Crowning Mercy, Book 2
Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Publisher’s Summary
A highly entertaining, wonderfully colourful story, now revealed to be written by one of our favourite historical novelists.The gilded family had been the envy and the pride of England for centuries. Never had the Lazenders seemed more powerful or more wealthy. And never had the unseen means of their destruction seemed so close…Yet the heir to the estate was absent. Toby Lazender worked for the British in Revolutionary France - where he hunted down the men who had murdered the innocent girl he loved. It was his sister, Campion, who oversaw the family’s affairs at the ‘little kingdom’ of Lazen Castle.But Lazen is, unknowingly, a house under siege.

Fallen Angels - among the most powerful and dangerous men in Europe - are plotting to bring revolution to England. To succeed, they need money, and the Lazender fortune can provide it. The key to the fortune is control of Campion’s future. A web of deceit closes around Lazen, drawing Campion ever closer to a subtle trap that has been laid just for her. Her only hope for survival lies with the Gypsy - her brother’s broodingly aloof horse-master - a man whose loyalties are at best uncertain.

Fallen Angels is a powerful blend of passion, adventure and intrigue, played out in the shadow of the guillotine and the sunlit splendour of an English estate. It is a worthy successor to A Crowning Mercy, the first chronicle of the Lazender family.