- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; (Reissue) edition (4 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0586212841
- ISBN-13: 978-0586212844
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 662,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘The storyteller of substance’ The Times
‘Vintage Barbara Taylor Bradford.’
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‘Queen of the genre’ Sunday Times
‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns.’ Guardian
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A captivating story of family and friends, innocence and corruption.
Four friends swore eternal friendship when all they had was each other. Now their dazzling careers, their seemingly successful lives, are to be disrupted by a devastating singer – and by the shadow of their past.
Rosie Madigan is the angel… an Award-winning costume-designer, she is blessed with worldly goods yet troubled by personal commitments.
Gavin Ambrose is the Hollywood megastar: talented and idolized, true love has eluded him.
Nell Jeffrey is the glamorous head of an international PR company: her secret love for Rosie’s brother Kevin pierces her usual shrewdness.
Kevin Madigan, undercover cop, inhabits a world of danger from which he tries to shelter his friends – but evil has a way of spreading.
Angel is the stunning novel of family and friends, of love and loss, of innocence and corruption: it will captivate you from the first page.
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SHE STOOD NEAR ONE OF THE HUGE STONE PILLARS, A LITTLE to one side in the shadows, watching the fight. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Four friends - Rosie Madigan, Gavin Ambrose, Nell Jeffrey and Kevin Madigan - swore eternal friendship when all they had was each other. Now their dazzling careers, their seemingly successful lives, are to be disrupted by a devastating singer - and by the shadow of their past. Angel is the story of family and friends, of love and loss, and of innocence and corruption.
The story was okay and the characters likeable, but it did not come alive for me. At times I found myself cringing at the corny dialogue. It was a solid story, a good read but it wasn't worth buying and a book I probably won't read again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book , when I first read it captivated me. I could not put it down. It is the story of four friends who vow always to be there for each other no matter what life throws at them. But they all break their promises in their own way. Eventually they reunite years later .Two strangers then enter their lives with devastating results......
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
pretentious
13 Oct 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Don't waste your time or money. Everything-the characters, plot, etc.-was not believable. It was a chore to get through this "novel".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not her best, but ok....
7 Nov 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I don't think there will be any BTB books that equal her trilogy, "A Woman Of Substance", "Hold The Dream" and "To Be The Best". In my opinion, those three were phenomenal. I've read a number of her books, but I just consider them light entertainment. I heard this one on audio CD, as I travel quite a bit for my job, and it really passes the time while driving. "Angel" did just that, passed the time. Agreeing with others, yes, it was predictable. There was no closure to a few subplots but the reader, Lorelei King made it quite enjoyable to listen to. I'm not sure that had I read the hard copy, I would have liked it nearly as well. All in all, not bad, just not great.
Boring and crap
10 Mar 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
"Angel" is an extremely long novel about Rosie, Nell, Gavin and Kevin who are friends. Gavin is a movie star and Rosie designs costumes for his movies and, in theory, other people's movies. Kevin is Rosie's brother and an NYPD officer. Nell is a successful publicist. The first 140 pages of this book introduce these people and tell us what they all think of each other. The next third of the book elucidates how, even though they are all fabulously rich and successful (except Kevin's not rich, because he's a cop, but he's still very good at it), none of them are very good at having a personal life and managing romantic relationships.
In the last third of the book, the four friends seem to begin to suck slightly less, but alas, they do not. The book also begins to suck slightly less, but then, just as it threatens to have some sort of plot, the loose ends are abruptly severed (NOT tied up) and the book ends happily ever after. Wow, was this a giant waste of my time.
In the last third of the book, the four friends seem to begin to suck slightly less, but alas, they do not. The book also begins to suck slightly less, but then, just as it threatens to have some sort of plot, the loose ends are abruptly severed (NOT tied up) and the book ends happily ever after. Wow, was this a giant waste of my time.
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