A Crowning Mercy

Cornwell, Bernard and Susannah Kells

ISBN 10: 0007172796 / ISBN 13: 9780007172795

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2003

A propos de cet article

First published in 1983 by Susannah Kells, this is a first edition, first impression with full number line, of the new edition re written by Bernard Cornwell, of 2003. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very very slightly bruised, slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£18.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 435pp. In mid seventeenth 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. Quite a scarce book.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Crowning Mercy
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers, London
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007172796
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007172795
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Jacket after Sir Peter Lely
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Fleeing from her strict Puritan household and an unbearable arranged marriage, Dorcas seeks her fortune in 17th century London and falls in love with a charming aristocrat. Left an intricately wrought seal by her unknown father, she must follow the course of her father's legacy to find her destiny.

À propos de l?auteur

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.