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
She picked up the final seal, the seal of St. John. It showed the poisoned chalice with which the Emperor Domitian had tried to kill the saint, and around the chalice’s stem was the snake that had carried the poison away.
There had been a crucifix inside St. Matthew for Matthew Slythe, a naked woman within St. Mark for Sir Grenville Cony, and a silver pig inside St. Luke for Mordecai Lopez. Her fingers unscrewed the final seal.
Inside, clasped in tiny silver claws, was her father’s fear.
A small, silvered looking-glass in which he could see himself.
The ship bent into the night, and its burden was love.
About the Authors
BERNARD CORNWELL is the author of the acclaimed Richard Sharpe Series, the Grail Quest series (featuring The Archer’s Tale, Vagabond, and Heretic), and many other novels. Mr.Cornwell lives with his wife on Cape Cod.
www.bernardcornwell.net
SUSANNAH KELLS is a pseudonym, now revealed to be Judy Cornwell
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Books by Bernard Cornwell
The Sharpe Novels (in chronological order)
• SHARPE’S TIGER* • SHARPE’S TRIUMPH*
SHARPE’S FORTRESS* • SHARPE’S TRAFALGAR*
SHARPE’S PREY* • SHARPE’S RIFLES • SHARPE’S HAVOC*
SHARPE’S EAGLE • SHARPE’S GOLD • SHARPE’S ESCAPE*
SHARPE’S BATTLE* • SHARPE’S COMPANY
SHARPE’S SWORD • SHARPE’S ENEMY
SHARPE’S HONOUR • SHARPE’S REGIMENT
SHARPE’S SIEGE • SHARPE’S REVENGE
SHARPE’S WATERLOO • SHARPE’S DEVIL*
The Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles
REBEL* • COPPERHEAD* • BATTLE FLAG*
THE BLOODY GROUND*
The Grail Quest Series
THE ARCHER’S TALE* • VAGABOND*
HERETIC*
Other Novels
GALLOWS THIEF*
STONEHENGE, 2000 B.C.: A NOVEL*
REDCOAT*
*Published by HarperCollinsPublishers
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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