THE ANGEL KNIGHT

by Susan King

Book Overview

Lady Christian, a Scottish renegade, has been declared an outlaw by England's King Edward I. Already seriously ill and facing a royal death sentence, she prays for a miracle. The answer to her prayer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979885655
• ISBN13: 9780979885655
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Questmark
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

one of the best Scottish romances

Susan King, without a doubt, does Scottish Historicals as very few ever do. Most of the time, I have to grit my teeth to get past the anachronism, Yankisms and general lack of really knowing Scotland, in order to read a Scottish Historical romance. Two of the best writers of this genre of Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Susan King. Few touch their level of understanding of the history, the people of Scotland. This is one of King's best, without doubt. Angel Knight, originally seemed a rather silly title to me, but it soon became apparent it's perfect for this tale. Drawing on the real history of when Edward I captured and made prison of Robert the Bruce's wife, sister, daughter and Countess of Buchan (the woman who crowned Bruce King). The English king committed the unbelievably cruel act (even by his standards!) of fashioning wooden cages for Christina Bruce and the Countess of Buchan, and hanging the cages from the walls of Berwick. Twelve-year-old Marjorie Bruce had one on the Tower of London. They were left out in public site, to live, through the harsh elements. Susan King draws on this atrocity and creates another Christina. She is the Lady of Castle where a fortune in gold has been hidden. She burns the castle in defiance of the English and tries to escape. She is captured and meets the same fate of being imprisoned in a cage from the rampart of her own castle. Gavin Faulkener is an English knight. But he's on Edward's bad side for voicing complaint against the English violence in the Sack of Berwick. He has been put in charge of the half burnt out castle, as punishment and told to repair it - and find the gold. He is horrified when he finds Christina near death. He removes her from the cage, marries her to give her protection, believing she will die. She recovers, and though is thrilled to no longer be held in a cage, she's upset at having an English knight as husband. It's a beautiful story told with love, romance, and adventure, yet with the true spirit of Scotland and a love for its history. It just doesn't get any better than this.

Wonderful....

Here's the scoope. The time is 1307 and Lady Christian has been imprisoned in a cage and left to die. Sir Gavin arrives and ultimately removes her from her prison and marries her, believing she is will die from her sickness (this was the kings demand of Sir Gavin to spare her life). However, she lives and soon realizes she is married to an Englishman (she is Scottish). The next half of the book shows her coming to deal with her new "English" husband. Her hatred of him dwindles away because, I have to admit, he is such a sweetie. He treats her the way we would all wish to be treated (with love and respect). However, she still has strong ties to her family and she does make a very bad choice, causing hurt to the man she now loves. There is also excitement in the book while the reader tries to figure out if the myth of treasure in the castle actually exist and where it could be hidden. I'm rather partial to this book since the hero reminds me of my husband (when I told him this he blushed, smiled and grunted, then walked away. I guess the grunting is some secret male language). Susan King is an excellent writer who is able to pull at your heart strings and make you wish you were back in that time.

Fascinating read, carefully and thoroughly researched

Susan King takes an impossible situation and makes it possible without falling back on coincidences or contrivences. Angel Knight gets into the heart of the Scottish/British conflict with lazer-sharp precision while telling an entertaining and compelling story. Kudos, Susan!!!

Five Star read From Five Star Historical Researcher

To all you who like a good medieval story or one with a Scottish setting Susan King's THE ANGEL KNIGHT is wonderful. The setting is 1306 Scotland where the heroine Christian has just burned her lowland castle in support of Robert Bruce. As she escapes she is captured by King Edward's men and is imprisioned in a cage hanging from a castle in the borders. She is found by the hero Gavin Faulkener at near death. He has returned to England having been exiled 10 years before for treasonous talk about the way the English sacked Berwick so although he is an English Knight of the realm he has very little loyalty to Edward. He has been given Christian's castle and is expected to restore it as well as look for the legendary gold that lies buried in the castle. He removes Christian from her cage with very little authority as he believes she will die and marries her quickly as means of solidifying his right to the castle. She doesn't die and as he restores the castle loves grows between the two. There are, as usual, wonderful developed secondary characters and an element of mystical Celtic lore. A strong point of Ms King's work is that she knows her history and blends it so nicely with her romance novels but the history doesn't take over the story. I would highly reccommend this one as well as all of her books for a most satisfying historical read; she easily is at the top of historical romance rung with books that are well thought out and historically accurate to boot. No one does a Scottish setting better than Susan King