On a sunlit afternoon in seventeenth century Dorset, a young girl falls in love with a stranger.
But when her Puritan brother tries to force her into an unbearable marriage she flees, taking with her only the gift left to her by her unknown father, a gold pendant sealed by an engraving of an axe, and the words: St Matthew.
One of four intricately wrought seals each holding a secret within it can, when combined with the other three, bring great wealth and power. This power is her true inheritance but it's a perilous legacy others will kill for...
İngiliz Yazar Bernard Cornwell, 23 Şubat 1944 yılında Londra Birleşik Krallıkta dünyaya gelmiştir. Londra Üniversitesini bitirdikten sonra bir süre öğretmenlik yapmıştır. BBC'de yaklaşık on yıl çalışm...