The Fallen Angel

Frances Gorges Historical Trilogy, Book 3

By: Tracy Borman

Narrated by: Esther Wane

In the gripping conclusion to Tracy Borman’s Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges must face a dangerous new enemy deep within the court of James I

Life has never been quiet for Frances Gorges at the court of King James, but after finding herself at the center of plots and conspiracies for many years both as an accused witch and a secret Catholic, by 1614 Frances hopes to distance herself from the decadence and ruthlessness of the aging and venal monarch. However, when a handsome stranger appears at a courtier’s country estate, he immediately draws the wandering eyes of the King, throwing the established order of the court into upheaval. George Villiers is ambitious and violent, ready to take down whatever - and whoever - stands in his way, including Frances and her husband Sir Thomas Tyringham.

New friends and old alliances - from Francis Bacon and Prince Charles to Sir Walter Raleigh - will offer Frances ways to resist the treachery of Villiers, but danger and Catholic plotting always lurks just around the corner, and sometimes from unexpected sources. With her meticulous eye for detail and evocative storytelling, Tracy Borman’s The Fallen Angel is a riveting conclusion to her trilogy set during the first Stuart monarch’s reign.

©2020 Tracy Borman. Recorded by arrangement with Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Lots of skips in recording

The book in the series themselves are wonderful and this review does not reflect that. This review reflects the poor quality of the recording.There are numerous places throughout the book where there are significant skips and pieces of text are completely missing. I found this very distracting and disappointing and often it was at a pivotal point in the narrative we are having that information was important to the storyline.