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Fallen Angels | 
 enlarge | Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 115803
Media: Paperback
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0007176422
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007176427
ASIN: 0007176422
Publication Date: February 7, 2005
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Condition: Paperback. Tight and clean copy. Light wear. No damage. VG+ condition.
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 Wonderful Read March 24, 2008
Alison Rose (West Yorkshire)
I really enjoyed this book, the Gypsy was without doubt, a facination, and I just wanted to see and here more from him. There ought to be a follow up of this book. Well worth a read
More plot twists than I can remember! July 6, 2007
Mr. Andrew Moore (Worcestershire)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not the usual fare for Bernard Cornwell but a great read none the less. Set in the French Revolution the story takes us on breakneck ride through a plot in which we lose track of who's the good guys and who's the bad guys. Slightly Mills and Boone, especiallyt at the end, but the descriptions of real events seen through the fictitious storyline are superb as ever and lots of little snippets that make you think about history outside of the story (like the scene at the guillotine where Louis 14th is being executed).
I listened to the audio recording read by Anna Bentink and have read the book, both are equally superb, but I prefered to read this one myself due to the readers voice which I don't think quite fitted the story. Either way though if you like historical novels with plot twist after plot twist, you'll love this one.
 Bernard Cornwell should be ashamed June 9, 2006
Reader (London)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
I am a great fan of Sharpe and some of the other books written by Bernard Cornwell so am extremely disappointed to have read so poor a novel. The story is ludicrous, the villains obvious and the conclusion better suited to Mills and Boon.
Clearly this was written by Susanah Kells and not by Bernard Cornwell to exploit Bernard's reputation. This is simply the worst book I have read in the last year or two and is the only book dropped in the bin.
BC should be ashamed to have his name on the cover.
Engaging read, duplicitous characters September 24, 2005
Sarah Powell (Yorkshire, UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this book because of the French Revolution background, but the story is so much more than that (in fact, Paris during the revolution barely features, but I was hooked anyway!): romance, a strong heroine, characters who earn the reader's trust and don't deserve it (and vice versa). The involvement of an Illuminati sect, the 'Fallen Angels' is well written, and adds to the darkness and danger of 1790s Paris, but seems rather superfluous to the conclusion. It was fun guessing the identity of Lucifer, the shadowy head of the Fallen Angels, and waiting to have my suspicions confirmed: the author neatly reminds the reader of certain character traits,to aid a mental game of 'Snap!' with the many 'dual personalities' in the book. The historical detail was slightly anachronistic, mainly concerning dance and dress (more Victorian than late Georgian or early Regency), but the descriptions of place and the chivalrous behaviour of the characters was certainly evocative of the time. This is my first taste of Bernard Cornwell - or Susannah Kells, in this case - and I shall certainly try and read the other two stories in this sequence!
superb March 28, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the first of bernard cornwell's novels that i have had the pleasure of reading. This is the best book i have read for some time now. The story is well written, and the plot superb. Like campion, you are never quite sure who to trust in this book, but the ending does not leave you disapointed.Highly recommended!!!!!
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