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Set in mid‑seventeenth‑century England, A Crowning Mercy follows Dorcas Campion, a young Dorset girl who discovers her father’s mysterious legacy: a gold pendant bearing a “St. Matthew” seal and a series of four enchanted seals, each held by a stranger. These seals, when united, grant the holder great wealth and power. After an illicit meeting by a stream leaves her heart aflame, Dorcas is forced into an unwanted suitor’s embrace. Fleeing before her family’s expectations, she clutches her pendant, delicate lace gloves, and the promise of a reunion with her summer love. The novel traces her treacherous journey across rural England as she seeks her father, her lover, and the fate tied to the seals. First published in 1983 as *Susannah Kells*, it has been re‑issued by HarperCollins after a decade out of print.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Bernard Cornwell
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