THE ACCLAIMED SEQUEL TO THE CHOSEN

In desperation, the Ruling Lord Suth searches within the sacred walls of Osrakum

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THE ACCLAIMED SEQUEL TO THE CHOSEN

In desperation, the Ruling Lord Suth searches within the sacred walls of Osrakum for Carnelian,

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Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick & Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small & lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker & murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers ...

Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick & Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small & lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse has its own histories, rather more fraught than those the Mallinsons are used to dealing with on the page. Nick once wrote that ...

Two Cambridge academics, the historians Nick & Sarah Mallinson, take a sabbatical with their three small & lively girls in a remote Languedoc farmhouse. But the farmhouse contains its own histories, far darker & murkier than the Mallinsons are used to dealing with. As the illusion of Eden retreats, the couple begin to feel the vulnerability of being among strangers ...

Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown & Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to England to claim it. Richard is deposed & dies mysteriously, murdered some say on the orders of Bolingbroke, now King Henry the Fourth. But Henry finds the crown harder to hold onto than it was to win. He is beset by enemies, hampered by disease, & concerned about the rebellious behaviour of his son. Dominating the court & with his eye on the crown is Harry of Monmouth, whose reckless conduct in low-class taverns with his crony Sir John Oldcastle causes scandal. When the king dies, Harry became King Henry the Fifth, & the change is dramatic for both him & Oldcastle. The licentious youth becomes a great king, & Oldcastle, the rake, turns into a religious reformer. Oldcastle dies a martyr & Harry becomes the conquering hero of Agincourt.

The Star of Lancaster is in the ascendant. Harry has brought France to her knees & married her princess. It seems that the long war was at an end. But a greater enemy than the French awaits Harry

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Richard the Second is losing his hold on the crown & Henry of Bolingbroke, previously exiled by the king, returns to England to claim it. Richard is deposed & dies mysteriously, murdered some say on the orders of Bolingbroke, now King Henry the Fourth. But Henry finds the crown harder to hold onto than it was to win. He is beset by enemies, hampered by disease, & concerned about the rebellious behaviour of his son. Dominating the court & with his eye on the crown is Harry of Monmouth, whose reckless conduct in low-class taverns with his crony Sir John Oldcastle causes scandal. When the king dies, Harry became King Henry the Fifth, & the change is dramatic for both him & Oldcastle. The licentious youth becomes a great king, & Oldcastle, the rake, turns into a religious reformer. Oldcastle dies a martyr & Harry becomes the conquering hero of Agincourt.

The Star of Lancaster is in the ascendant. Harry has brought France to her knees & married her princess. It seems that the long war was at an end. But a greater enemy than the French awaits Harry

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In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice & natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith & his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. In a spellbinding story of tragedy & mercy, love & healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised L&, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go. ...

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice & natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith & his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. In a spellbinding story of tragedy & mercy, love & healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised L&, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go. ...

In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by injustice & natural disaster, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees, some brimming with optimism, many more desperate. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith & his wife & children, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afresh. Passionate loves are tenderly recalled, ducked responsibilities regretted too late; profound relationships shockingly unearthed where once it seemed there were none. In a spellbinding story of tragedy & mercy, love & healing, the further the ship sails towards the Promised L&, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go. A novel as urgently contemporary in its preoccupations as it is historically revealing, this gripping & compassionate tale builds with the pace of a thriller to an unforgettable conclusion. ...