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  • The King's Falcon

  • Roundheads and Cavaliers, Book 3
  • By: Stella Riley
  • Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
  • Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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The King's Falcon

By: Stella Riley
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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A tale of war and witchcraft, plots and playhouses, love and loyalty....

Following his coronation in Scotland, Charles ll leads an army south to reclaim his throne, but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester, leaving no alternative but flight.  

With little more than the clothes on their backs, Ashley Peverell and Francis Langley manage to reach Paris, where Ashley, known to some as The Falcon, resumes his under-cover and unpaid work for the King.

Beautiful, stubborn, and street-wise Athenais de Galzain has risen from the slums of Paris to become the Marais Theatre's leading actress. Unfortunately, this brings her to the attention of the Marquis d'Auxerre - an influential nobleman of an unsavory reputation who is accustomed to taking what he wants.

While the Prince's Fronde flares up anew, and turns the city into a battle-ground, Francis is bullied into helping his sister, Celia, obtain a divorce from Eden Maxwell. Currently working as a cryptographer in the Commonwealth's intelligence service, Eden watches Cromwell creating a king-sized space for himself, and begins to question the cause to which he has devoted a decade of his life.

From first chance, Ashley and Athenais are drawn together with the unstoppable force of two stars colliding; a force which Ashley, lacking both money and prospects, and aware of the frequency with which he's required to risk his life, cannot deny, but resolves to conceal. He has only two priorities: His work for Charles ll, and his determination to protect Athenais from the Marquis. Both are to test him to his limits.

The King's Falcon follows the Cavalier's last crusade, and the bitter, poverty-stricken exile that followed it. There is danger, intrigue, and romance in this sequel to The Black Madonna and Garland of Straw.

©2014 Stella Riley (P)2022 Stella Riley

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Well written and performed!

This story was written several years ago and I enjoyed it then, but Alex Wyndham's performance has brought it even more alive. There have been times when I have disagreed with some of his character interpretations or other aspects but this time I was almost totally enthralled. I did find the battle of Dunbar a little difficult to follow, and the Scottish coronation and the aftermath, but from then on, all was great. Stella's grasp of the English Civil War period and the various struggles that ensued is amply demonstrated in this book and her relationships are, as always, beautifully delineated. Thank you both again.

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