Book description
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. '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 Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and now
mostly lives in the USA. He is the author of the Sharpe series; the
Arthurian series, the Worlord Chronicles; the Starbuck Chronicles, on
the American Civil War; Stonehenge; and the Grail Quest series.
