The Fallen Angels

464 Pages·2016·1.54 MB·English

by  Cornwell Bernard

The Fallen Angels
is for
Sean and Kerry
“. . . the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophis-
ters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded:
and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.”
“Our antagonist is our helper.”
Edmund Burke, 1729–1797
FromReflections on the
Revolution in France,
published 1790

Contents
Epigraph iii
Prologue
Death’s kingdom is the night. When the
church bell strikes… 1
1
Fear, like the rumor of plague, can empty
a city’s… 7
2
Rain threatened Lazen. Since dawn the
clouds had been low… 25
3
“What is your name?” 45
4
The early winter weeks were hard for
Lady Campion Lazender,… 61
5
It was the first time in three years that the… 81
6
There was applause as she walked down
the stairs, applause… 101
7
It was a miserable Christmas in Paris,
a cold and… 122
8
“Louis was a fool.” The voice was
grating, harsh and… 144
9
On the day before Lord Culloden left
for London the… 168
10
The walls of the room were undressed
stone. Water dripped… 185
11
“It’s horrid!” Lady Campion grimaced
at the portrait. 202
12
Lord Culloden was no longer a Major
in the Blues. 216
13
The polonaise finished. She curtseyed.
She smiled weakly at Lord Culloden. 235
14
The fastest horse in the world, she
thought, could be… 257
15
They buried the Earl in the vaulted
crypt of the… 271
16
Old men dozed. 289
17
She ran toward the stable block.
Once there she would… 310
18
The first desperate scream woke Edna.
The maid, terrified, clutched… 329
19
Lady Campion Lazender, she refused
to allow anyone to address… 349
20
They lay in the sandhills that stretched
inland, the dawn… 367
21
“You know where you are?” 382
22
Bertrand Marchenoir was the first of
the Fallen Ones to… 402
23
It had been glorious once, it was
glorious still. The… 419
24
A scream sounded in the shrine. 434
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