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Fallen Angels
- Narrated by: Fiona Paul
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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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.
Critic reviews
"The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive" (George R.R. Martin)
"Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might have been before anything like England existed" (The Times)
"He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that" (Telegraph)
"A reminder of just how good a writer he is" (Sunday Times)
"Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell" (Lee Child)
"This is a magnificent and gory work" (Daily Mail)
"The historical blockbuster of the year" (Evening Standard)
"A runaway success" (Observer)
"A master of storytelling" (Sunday Telegraph)
"This is typical Cornwell, meticulously researched, massive in scope, brilliant in execution" (News of The World)
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- marina
- 07-01-18
well worth a listen
well read
another great series from Bernard Cornwell
different but enjoyable. kept you thinking to the end of the book
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- Jane Susie Sheep
- 12-02-21
Period romance
I’m an avid fan of Bernard Cornwell’s historical fiction which is why I bought this book. It’s more a romance than either a gripping tale of daring do or of history. At times I nearly gave up on it but I persisted and did get some knowledge of the appalling events of the French Revolution
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- Michael banton
- 07-05-18
a great follow on from the first book
the story is different from my uselessly true facts stories I tend to go for but nevertheless I enjoyed it much the same well read and again character brought to life by the reader
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- Mitch
- 15-06-22
an excellent listen
Initially confused after reading the first book in the series.... maybe a prologue would have helped. Anyway, this story is I think, even better than the first, full of intrigue and it keeps you guessing right to the end. Highly recommended.
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- Seafr
- 12-07-18
Not as good
I have sent this book back without finishing it. Where as I enjoyed the first book by this duo, this one I felt was a poor follow on. Some one else said Mills and Boon in a previous review and that sums it up really. Shame.
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- Pamela Brooks George
- 19-08-17
Sadly, only one up from Mills and Boon.
Don't read this if you are a Cornwell fan.
Overlong, repetitive, tedious descriptions, needed a really good edit. Love story set in this historical context simply not credible: grafting 21 st century attitudes onto 18th century life. Should have been half the length.
You would have thought this was written by an amateur.
Reading generally very good but some dreadful lapses of prononciation, gun-whales, mis-happen instead of misshapen, didn't even make sense in the context...a mishappen sack?! And others ... 'opinned ' instead of opined. What happened to the audio editor?
Why did we continue to listen? All we had on 15 hour car journey!
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