The Silvered Heart

Name: The Silvered Heart
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Katherine Clements
ISBN: 9781472262738

Author: Katherine Clements

Narrator: Emma Powell

Unabridged: 13 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 05/15/2019

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

1648: Civil war is devastating England. The privileged world of Katherine Ferrers is crumbling under Cromwell's army and, as an orphaned heiress, she has no choice but to marry for the sake of family.

But as her marriage turns into a prison and her fortune is forfeit, Katherine becomes increasingly desperate. So when she meets a man who shows her a way out, she seizes the chance. It is dangerous and brutal, and she knows if they're caught, there's only one way it can end...

The mystery of Lady Katherine Ferrers, legendary highwaywoman, has captured the collective imagination of generations. Now, based on the real woman, the original 'Wicked Lady' is brought gloriously to life in this tale of infatuation, betrayal and survival.

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Katherine Clements

Katherine Clements is a critically acclaimed novelist, self-confessed costume drama addict and current Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Manchester. She is editor of Historia, the online magazine of the Historical Writers' Association, and is a member of the HWA committee. @KL_Clements

Reviews

Goodreads review by [ J o ] on April 07, 2020

The Silvered Heart fictionalises the story of the real-life English aristocrat Lady Katherine Ferrers, who became a highway woman due to her dwindling wealth and terrorised the Hertfordshire roads during the Seventeenth Century. This book really started out strongly. I was initially drawn by the cove......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on August 17, 2023

I found the opening of this book, set at the time of the English Civil War,caught my interest. A young Kate, from a very respectable background, has an unpleasant experience with a highwayman. The book follows Kate from here and is really quite wide ranging. It has dimensions of politics, morality a......more

Goodreads review by Mieneke on May 27, 2015

After her wonderful debut novel The Crimson Ribbon, which focused on the Parliamentarian side of the English Civil War, Katherine Clements presents us with an account of those on the losing side with her second novel The Silvered Heart. Using the story of the legendary Wicked Lady as a frame, Cl......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on March 18, 2016

Author: Katherine Clements Published: 7/05/2015 I received this book for free through GoodReads FirstReads competitions. I thought that this book was incredibly well written, and kept hold of the readers attention right from the very first sentence! This book is loosely based on the historical figure o......more

Goodreads review by Liis on January 03, 2016

What can you expect from this book? Plenty! I find I have this newly found love for historical fiction and The Silvered Heart delivered beautifully. A story set around a legend of the Wicked Lady, a highway woman who due to circumstances (a civil war, the high and mighty falling into poverty, power......more

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There are echoes here of Daphne du Maurier... an enjoyable romp The Times

Eloquent storytelling and superb characterisation breathe life into this historical tale of adventure, passion and betrayal Sun

The research is impeccable and the story-telling first rate... This is powerful historical fiction at its best Historical Novel Society

A wizard of a storyteller and master of the genre, Clement's follow-up novel does not disappoint

A masterpiece of historical fiction that is stuffed full of heart, fantastic characters, and a tragic heroine . . . An engrossing read The Bookbag

Atmospheric and gripping... The complex relationship between Ruth and Lizzie is wonderfully convincing, tender and devastating in equal measure right up to the last heart-breaking moment

Begins at a cracking pace, plunging the reader into the turbulent Civil War period and the terror of witchcraft that came with it... A compelling novel

Impressive and inspirational... an original and entertaining story

Exceptional... Deftly written, uncluttered and impassioned, this has to be one of the leading historical debuts of the year

A beautifully written novel about an incredible time in England's history, with a cast of intriguing and excellently drawn characters who seem entirely real. The Crimson Ribbon is very impressive