About this title: The prequel to Koen's "Through a Glass Darkly," this is a feast of a novel that sparkles with all the passion, extravagance, danger, and scandal of 17th-century England as a young woman risks everything for pride and status in an era in which women were afforded little of either.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Date Published: 09/2006
ISBN-13:9780307339911ISBN:0307339912
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 530 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307339911ISBN:0307339912
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307339928ISBN:0307339920
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307339928ISBN:0307339920
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight edgewear. No markings or creasing. Pages bright and tight. First paperback edition, first printing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 530 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I was initally intrigued by the history, deceit and scandal that this book promised, and in the beginning it didn't let me down. But I found the ending to be to abrupt. I felt like the romance between the two protagonists was underdeveloped, leaving me with the feeling that their love for eachother was slightly contrived."
"Alice Verney, a maid of honor to Princess Henriette of France returns to England after her mistress's mysterious and horrible death, with the ambition to marry the elderly Duke of Balmoral. This ambition holds firm in spite of her attraction to Richard Saylor, an enterprising soldier who, while he appreciates Alice's wit and political savvy, is competing with the king himself for the affections of Renee DeKaroulle, a French beauty who cannot quite make up her mind whose affections she truly desires.
I was drawn to Alice the moment I started reading. Koen shapes the main character of the story to be someone who is cunning and daring, clawing her way up the totem pole for status and respect in a world where women were afforded little of either.
The historical England that Koen creates in "Dark Angels" is breathtaking. Her phrase and descriptions are truly believable and transport her readers directly into seventeenth century England and France. I was also drawn to Richard Saylor who I thought made a perfect leading man, and even though I knew it impossible throughout the entire book, wanted him and Alice to finally be together.
Despite its slow start, "Dark Angels" delivered for me. Towards the end the book became a page turner, but was somewhat of a let-down with its predictable ending, and sometimes tiring plot twists. Overall, it was a great historical fiction, and I will more than likely be coming back to Koen for more."
"I really enjoyed this book set in seventeenth century England. It was similar style to Katherine by Seton which I also recommend. It wasn't as dark as Phillipa Gregory's writing (Other Boyeln Girl) as well. I loved how realistic the main character was with her pride and other defects but her redeeming virtues and strong character had you empathize with her. Well worth the time and money since I got it on a clearance rack at Borders. FYI, it was an adult book that I had to breifly pass over a couple adult scenes."
"I made it all the way through this book but I can't bring myself to place it in historical fiction. It was a historical romance plain and simple with truly wimpy sex scenes and a whole lot of costume descriptions. The characters were very shallow and it was hard to feel for any of them. The characters lacked true motivation for what they did."
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