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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307339928
ISBN: 0307339920
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Sales Rank: 28973
Studio: Three Rivers Press
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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 XIV’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 II’s queen. Then she will marry the most celebrated duke of the Restoration, putting herself in a position to attain power she’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 wouldn’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 isn’t true to the queen, learns of shocking betrayals throughout court, and meets a man that she may be falling in love with—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 horizon—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 Koen’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 succession—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.
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Unlike other reviewers, I had not read Through A Glass Darkly when I started Dark Angels, so I knew nothing about the characters of the Duke and Duchess of Tamworth. (I got Dark Angels for $5 at my local Barnes and Nobles and thought to give it a try.) I went into Dark Angels with an open mind and was hoping for an interesting historical fiction novel with a touch of romance. For the most part I was not disappointed.
Ms. Koen is one of those authors who write their novels in almost ... Read More
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I had just finished the 2nd book of the trilogy, "Through A Glass Darkly"(LOVED THAT!!) and then realized it was a part of a trilogy. So, I then read the 1st "Dark Angels" and really enjoyed that I had done so in that order. I so-- loved the characters in "Glass..." that it was fun to go back and learn how the family started. I am now reading the 3rd, "Now Face To Face" and so far, so good!!
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Best know for her historical romances of a decade ago, Koen now makes the leap to hardcover with a sweeping novel of Restoration England. As in her other books, the protagonists are fictional, tossed about by the real-life actions of the historically based characters. It makes for an occassionally queasy balance, and often in the story of Alice Verney there's the feeling that Koen is stretching to make her own characters fit into the proscribed history. While the sense of that history is strong ... Read More
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DARK ANGELS is by far the most amazing book I have read in over a decade. A friend recommended THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY to me, and when I saw there was a prequel to it, I decided to begin with the beginning and work my way to the other books.
Having read this long (over 500 pages book) and detailed story in 48 hours, because I simply could not stop (and re-read many heart-warming/wrenching lines again and again), I can't wait to read the other books in this series.
Karleen ... Read More
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Too many characters introduced in the first few pages; all with similar names. I could never keep track of who was who. Constantly trying to remind myself of who each character was and how he was related to the story had me skimming previously read pages and left me confused and distracted from the story. I got through the first 100 pages and then gave up. I read a lot and this hasn't happened to me before; maybe it was simply me and I just wasn't concentrating. Anyone else feel this way?
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