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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
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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Great historical fiction with all the intrigue and reality of an earlier era both in the royal courts and poverty stricken villages.
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When I arbitrarily placed Dark Angels in the "bodice ripper" file in my mental cabinet I was mistaken. Once I actually read it I found it to be a well-researched and enjoyable look at Restoration England. The plot included plenty of intrigue and romance, but with depth. There was only a hint of sex, and that was just fine because the story carried itself quite nicely. I didn't realize it was a prequel to Through a Glass Darkly, but was pleased when I realized it. There's actually something fun ... Read More
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I had a hour to kill one evening and was looking forward to this book. After I read 80 pages I threw the darn book in the trash. It was boring, along with the characters. Nuff said.
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This was a book I picked up on the fly for entertainment and I was not disappointed. Just a good historical fiction novel with plenty of everything that is good about Regency-era England. I made my way swiftly through the book in a couple days and put it down, satisfied.
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Someone picked this for book club and nobody liked it, few of us actually finished it and those who did were very disappointed with the ending. Two thumbs down!
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