A Crowning Mercy
Contents (48)
- A CROWNING MERCY
- CONTENTS
- Prologue 1633
- Part I 1643
- The Seal of St. Matthew
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Part II
- The Seal of St. Mark
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Part III
- The Seal of St. Luke
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Twenty-five
- Part IV
- The Gathering of the Seals
- Twenty-six
- Twenty-seven
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-one
- Thirty-two
- Thirty-three
- About the Authors
- Books by Bernard Cornwell
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
BERNARD CORNWELL AND SUSANNAH KELLS
A CROWNING MERCY
For
Michael, Todd, and Jill
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
The bed be blest that I lie on.
Four angels to my bed,
Four angels round my head.
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.
THOMAS ADY
CONTENTS
Epigraph
Prologue
The boat slammed into a wave. Wind howled in the…
Part I
The Seal of St. Matthew
One
She first met Toby Lazender on a day that seemed…
Two
The leather belt cracked on to her back.
Three
“You must be happy.” Goodwife’s words before breakfast sounded to…
Four
“Apoplexy,” Dr. Fenderlyn said.
Five
Campion began that same evening, announcing that she would tidy…
Part II
The Seal of St. Mark
Six
Sir George Lazender, Toby’s father, was a worried man.
Seven
Campion’s behavior, before she ran away from Werlatton, had been…
Eight
For two days, it seemed, they did nothing but talk.
Nine
Campion was shown into a spacious, empty room. It was…
Ten
James Alexander Simeon McHose Bollsbie knew, as did Sir Grenville…
Eleven
Thomas Grimmett waited for Scammell in the hall. He was…
Twelve
The best way to approach Lazen Castle was from the…
Thirteen
Campion thought sometimes of the stream where she had first…
Fourteen
London was not a happy city that Christmas. The King’s…
Part III
The Seal of St. Luke
Fifteen
March 25, 1644, New Year’s Day, was bright and cold,…
Sixteen
The Roundheads were not gone by the end of May,…
Seventeen
Campion’s cat, Mildred, usually woke her before dawn, pacing to…
Eighteen
This was the moment she had feared, yet somehow it…
Nineteen
“‘Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a
Twenty
Sunlight almost blinded Campion. She cried out, dazzled by the…
Twenty-one
All was not well with Faithful Unto Death Hervey. Ambition…
Twenty-two
The day before Campion’s execution dawned gray and wet, rain…
Twenty-three
Colonel Joshua Harries was an aide to the Earl of…
Twenty-four
The bells of St. Mary’s rang eleven. From across the…
Twenty-five
London was in uproar. A witch had escaped, taken from…
Part IV
The Gathering of the Seals
Twenty-six
Morning. The seagulls were screaming over the fish market at…
Twenty-seven
Expect nothing, Vavasour Devorax had said, yet hope as she…
Twenty-eight
“The rain,” Lady Margaret announced from the window, “will delay…
Twenty-nine
Ebenezer Slythe’s offer of a reward to anyone who could…
Thirty
Persuading Sir Grenville Cony was not quite as simple as…
Thirty-one
Sir Toby Lazender was tired. He had spent a fruitless…
Thirty-two
Toby and Campion left Oxford the next day, travelling alone.
Thirty-three
Through the broken roof and windows came the forlorn sound…
About the Authors
Other Books by Bernard Cornwell
Copyright
About the Publisher
Prologue
1633
The boat slammed into a wave. Wind howled in the rigging and brought water stinging down the treacherous deck, driving the shuddering timbers into the next roller.
“Cap’n! You’ll take the bloody masts out of her!”