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A Crowning Mercy

by Bernard Cornwell
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In a country at war, a secret inheritance reveals a dark conspiracy ... On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger. But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father, a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words: St Matthew. One of four intricately wrought seals – each holding a secret within – it can, when combined with the other three, bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance – but it's a perilous legacy others will kill for ...
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Series: Crowning Mercy Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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  • ISBN: 9780007289998
  • Release date: September 4, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9780007289998
  • File size: 1201 KB
  • Release date: September 4, 2008

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Fiction Literature Thriller Historical Fiction

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In a country at war, a secret inheritance reveals a dark conspiracy ... On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth-century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger. But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father, a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words: St Matthew. One of four intricately wrought seals – each holding a secret within – it can, when combined with the other three, bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance – but it's a perilous legacy others will kill for ...
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Fiction Literature Thriller Historical Fiction