In the Lion’s Den: A tale of romance and rivalry, the latest Victorian historical fiction novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author of books like A Woman of Substance
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From the bestselling author of A Woman of Substance, a page-turning epic Victorian historical family saga.
London 1889: Victorian London is a place of wealth, privilege and poverty, a city of extremes. For James Falconer, who grew up as a barrow boy on a London market, it is a city of opportunity.
Working his way up Henry Malvern’s trading company in Piccadilly, James faces fraud and betrayal. A fierce rivalry develops with Henry’s daughter and heir Alexis – but their animosity masks a powerful attraction.
Embarking on a love affair with the daughter of Russian émigrés, James’s life begins to transform. But as treachery and danger threaten, a secret comes to light that will change his life forever. James must decide where his future lies – with Henry Malvern or following his own dream…
Gripping, dramatic and bringing the England of Queen Victoria and the British Empire vividly to life, In the Lion’s Den is a sweeping historical epic from one of our finest storytellers, creator of A Woman of Substance.
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Additional information
| Publisher | HarperCollins (28 Nov. 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 1839 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 369 pages |
| Page numbers source ISBN | 000824250X |
by Alli P
I’m a firm BTB fan. Always ready to read anything new from her. In the Lions Den is the 2nd of the Falconer series. I really enjoyed both books, getting involved with all the characters much the same as the Harte series. I did feel that the 2nd book was wound up too quickly. *Spoiler alert* the two main characters getting together was handled very quickly and only over a few pages. Despite this it was an enjoyable read and I very much look forward to book 3 for the next installment.
by Amazon Customer
Book arrived quickly and exactly as described.
Just a shame Amazon delivery driver chose to leave it on floor by back door in the wet ! Books got wet on edges not sellers fault but Amazon delivery person
by peter the ham
Cannot review as this was a gift
by mama mia
Good stories.
by Christina Mardle
Its not the most groundbreaking of books but it you want a relaxing read this is for you(it certainly helped relieve some of the stresses of the UK’s third lockdown) The mystery of the shops being bombed was never solved – maybe that’s for the next novel in the series. I found it rather sad that I was reading a book about a young entrepreneur wanting to open his own chain of shops in the 1890’s when on the news I was seeing so many stories about iconic British brands having to close their shops (Debenhams started out as one single shop). I gather the next novel from BTB goes back to one of her original characters Blackie O’Neill which I look forward to, hopefully by then we will be out of lockdown!
by Mrs. V. Davies
Just completed In The Lions Den. As always thoroughly enjoyed it. Have never been disappointed .A
Would recommend for a truly good read. Hope there is a third book In The series.
by Helen Musson
Brilliant!
by jools777
I remember reading the A Woman of Substance series many years ago and enjoying it immensely. I don’t know whether my own tastes have changed or whether the writing has deteriorated but I found this book (and the preceding one in the series) quite boring. The books are full of irrelevant descriptions of food being served, meals being eaten, dresses worn, which pad out the prose but contribute nothing to the story. There are odd bits of (very) soft erotica interspersed here and there which fail to titillate (if that’s what they were meant to do) in their clumsiness The romances between James and various amores are predictable but are either extremely rushed or linger far too long. As has been previously said, the final ‘coming together’ goes from nought to sixty in a couple of pages and is very unconvincing. Altogether very Mills and Boon, I won’t be reading the next in the series.