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‘Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.’ Daily Mail
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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. The 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.
The 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.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because of the French Revolution background, but the story is so much more than that (in fact, Paris during the revolution barely features, but I was hooked anyway!): romance, a strong heroine, characters who earn the reader's trust and don't deserve it (and vice versa). The involvement of an Illuminati sect, the 'Fallen Angels' is well written, and adds to the darkness and danger of 1790s Paris, but seems rather superfluous to the conclusion. It was fun guessing the identity of Lucifer, the shadowy head of the Fallen Angels, and waiting to have my suspicions confirmed: the author neatly reminds the reader of certain character traits,to aid a mental game of 'Snap!' with the many 'dual personalities' in the book. The historical detail was slightly anachronistic, mainly concerning dance and dress (more Victorian than late Georgian or early Regency), but the descriptions of place and the chivalrous behaviour of the characters was certainly evocative of the time. This is my first taste of Bernard Cornwell - or Susannah Kells, in this case - and I shall certainly try and read the other two stories in this sequence!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How fantastic to find both Fallen Angels & A Crowning Mercy
being re-released.
Both are fantastic novels. Well written, literate, absorbing,
utterly unputdownable.
It's been great to revisit the Lazender family after some 20
years, & replace my very shoddy originals.
No spoilers here. Just buy the books,they're wonderful !
being re-released.
Both are fantastic novels. Well written, literate, absorbing,
utterly unputdownable.
It's been great to revisit the Lazender family after some 20
years, & replace my very shoddy originals.
No spoilers here. Just buy the books,they're wonderful !
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first of bernard cornwell's novels that i have had the pleasure of reading. This is the best book i have read for some time now. The story is well written, and the plot superb. Like campion, you are never quite sure who to trust in this book, but the ending does not leave you disapointed.
Highly recommended!!!!!
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Brilliant!
My hubby has been reading Bernard Cornwell what seems like to me forever, so I thought I would try him. What a brilliant author. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Mrs. J. M. White
Very disappointing.
For the first time in a long time I gave this book up in disgust, and deleted it from my Kindle.
I am used to blood and gore in Bernard Cornwell's books but the gratuitous... Read more
I am used to blood and gore in Bernard Cornwell's books but the gratuitous... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Frankie
A Crowning Mercy Next
I've read Cornwell's Vagabond, Sharpe and King Alfred books in hard back and paperback, but this is the first time I read it as a Kindle download. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Aj Earl
Pull the other one Bernard!
I sincerely hope this was not written by Bernard Cornwall - he may well have done the research, as the bits about the French Revolution are strong. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Georgiebeau
Fallen Angels by Bernard Cornwell
This was a used book purchased to help complete my collection of all Bernard Cornwell novels - since the addition of the new novel "The Fort" I now have a copy of all his works -... Read more
Published 18 months ago by R. Plant
Wonderful read
First read these when I was about 14 years old have now listened to them on audio book they have lost nothing with the years.... Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Ella
Fallen Angels
A good follow on to Crowning Mercy, although confusing to start with as jumps many generations. (Room for a book in the middle)If you like Bernard Cornwell's writing away from... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2009 by ChopperChapman
Wonderful Read
I really enjoyed this book, the Gypsy was without doubt, a facination, and I just wanted to see and here more from him. There ought to be a follow up of this book. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by Alison Rose
More plot twists than I can remember!
Not the usual fare for Bernard Cornwell but a great read none the less. Set in the French Revolution the story takes us on breakneck ride through a plot in which we lose track of... Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by Mr. Andrew Moore
Bernard Cornwell should be ashamed
I am a great fan of Sharpe and some of the other books written by Bernard Cornwell so am extremely disappointed to have read so poor a novel. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2006 by Reader
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