Customer Reviews
Thrilling - By: K.S.PHILLIPS, 06 May 2008 
I found this book by accident. I was looking fro books for my hubby as he likes the books he writes. What a find for me ! It was an excellent read. Highly recommended
Well Worth The Read - By: Alison Rose, 24 Mar 2008 I really enjoyed this book, I thought the story was exciting & it kept me up during the night to see what else might happen. Thoroughly nasty pieces of work with a real women of character. Couldn't wait to follow the story onto the next generation.
I recommend this book to anyone with a stressful life who wants to escape for a bit !!
Cornwell takes a different tack! - By: B. J. Madeley, 15 Dec 2007 
This book is unusual for Bernard Cornwell novel, as the central character is not a soldier or a warrior & isin fact female. This however does not prevent A Crowing Mercy from being a thoroughly exciting & enthralling tale (and this is typical of Cornwell). Initially I picked up this book with a great deal of apprehension, as I felt it might disappoint when compared to later novels by the author. My concrens were dismissed from the start & I was hooked from beggining to end.
The novel follows Dorcas, known as Campion through life growing upin a strict puritan family, to running away from home during the English Civil War. The tale is filled with passion, intrigue & action as campion attempts to track down her unknown father & unravel the mysterious legacy he left her.
On the whole this is a fascinating book & well worth picking up if you like historical novels & even if your not normally a fan of Cornwell.
Amazing - By: Ms. A. J. Michel, 18 Sep 2007 I read this after the first two Starbuck novels & was thoroughly impressed.
Love, secrets & betrayal all play a partin this wonderful story that kept me gripped from start to finish.
Not as good as his later works - By: John Hopper, 19 Dec 2006 
You can tell this is by a younger Cornwell - the characters are less rounded & interesting thanin his later novels & are rather simplistic stereotypes - the innocent young girl, dashing Cavalier hero, strict Puritan father, strict & sadistic Puritan brother.
