Dark Angels: A Novel (Tamworth Saga)

Dark Angels: A Novel (Tamworth Saga)

Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Having left Restoration England in the midst of a messy scandal, she has been living in Louis XIVâ€™s Baroque, mannered France for two years. Now she is returning home to England and anxious to re-establish herself quickly. First, she will regain her former position as a maid of honor to Charles IIâ€™s queen. Then she will marry the most celebrated duke of the Restoration, putting herself in a position to attain power sheâ€™s only dreamed of. As a duchess, Alice will be able to make or break her friends and enemies at will.

But all is not as it seems in the rowdy, merry court of Charles II. Since the Restoration, old political alliances have frayed, and there are whispers that the king is moving to divorce his barren queen, who some wouldnâ€™t mind seeing dead. But Alice, loyal only to a select few, is devoted to the queen, and so sets out to discover who might be making sinister plans, and if her own father is one of them. When a member of the royal family dies unexpectedly, and poison is suspected, the stakes are raised. Alice steps up her efforts to find out who is and isnâ€™t true to the queen, learns of shocking betrayals throughout court, and meets a man that she may be falling in love withâ€”and who will spoil all of her plans. With the suspected arrival of a known poison-maker, the atmosphere in the court electrifies, and suddenly the safety of the king himself seems uncertain. Secret plots are at play, and war is on the horizonâ€”but will it be with the Dutch or the French? And has King Charles himself betrayed his country for greed?

The long-awaited prequel to Koenâ€™s beloved Through a Glass Darkly, Dark Angels is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and scandal of seventeenth-century England. Unforgettable in its dramatic force, here is a novel of love and politics, of romance and betrayal, of power and successionâ€”and of a resourceful young woman who risks everything for pride and status in an era in which women were afforded little of either.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307339928
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2007-05-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307339928

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307339928
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2007-05-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307339928

Dark Angels: A Novel (Tamworth Saga)

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