A Crowning Mercy

Bernard Cornwell and Susannah Kells

Having read it

★★★★☆

A good ol’ classic read in the Bernard Cornwell style, although a little too much like a soap opera in its early chapters!

But despite that it really got going and was good to read and see and enjoy how the characters would develop and what perils and joys they would face, all with a suitable twist at the end that added to its quality.

A good passage

Lopez poured more wine. ‘Suddenly Kit Aretine’s offer became less devilish, even began to smack of Godliness!’ He laughed. ‘So they asked a young lawyer to negotiate for them.’
‘Sir Grenville Cony?’ Campion asked.
‘Just plain Grenville Cony then, but a subtle little toad all the same.’ Lopez smiled. ‘And like all lawyers he loved subtlety. Subtlety makes a lawyer rich. Things, my dear, began to get difficult.’