Played out against the seething rivalry between Inquisition-torn Spain and Elizabethan England, The Lion Triumphant traces the linked fates of strong-willed Catherine Farland and Captain Jake Pennlyon
Called “The Lion,” Captain Jake Pennlyon is a fearsome and virile plunderer who takes what he wants, and his sights are set on Catherine Farland. Blackmailed into wedlock and haunted by memories of the gentle boy she was forbidden to wed, Cat vows to escape. Fate intervenes when she’s taken prisoner aboard a Spanish galleon . . . unaware that she’s a pawn in one man’s long-awaited revenge.
Beginning as Elizabeth takes the throne of England, and spanning the years until the legendary defeat of the Spanish Armada, The Lion Triumphant follows Cat’s journey from the thrill of a first passion to the ferocity of a mother’s love. Despite the twists of history, her fortunes—and her heart—will remain tied to one seductive buccaneer.
Review
A gloriously silly, dizzily plotted historical adventure set in a version of the Tudor era. The first time Catherine sights gigantic Jake Pennlyon, Captain of one of Queen Elizabeth's fleet of raiding vessels, he is insufferable, rude and offensive. But worse than that, he blackmails her into betrothal by threatening to report her married sister Honey's family as subversive Catholics. Then a Spanish galleon glides into the nearby harbor and Cat, Honey and their maid Jennet are shanghaied to the Canary Islands where Cat is politely violated for nights on end until she becomes pregnant by Don Felipe, the Governor. This is in revenge for Jake's rape of Felipe's young Spanish bride. Soon there is a houseful of little bastards. After Cat weds Felipe (she's fond of him), over the bright blue sea comes Jake, kills Felipe, and they wed. Busier than Secretariat's stud schedule. (Kirkus Reviews)
From AudioFile
Set in Elizabethan England during the war between Spain and England, this is a tangled tale of love, revenge and pride. Marie McCarthy makes Carr's characters come alive. She switches easily from Spanish to French to British accents. M.B.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Played out against the seething rivalry between Inquisition-torn Spain and Elizabethan England, The Lion Triumphant traces the linked fates of strong-willed Catherine Farland and Captain Jake Pennlyon
Called “The Lion,” Captain Jake Pennlyon is a fearsome and virile plunderer who takes what he wants, and his sights are set on Catherine Farland. Blackmailed into wedlock and haunted by memories of the gentle boy she was forbidden to wed, Cat vows to escape. Fate intervenes when she’s taken prisoner aboard a Spanish galleon . . . unaware that she’s a pawn in one man’s long-awaited revenge.
Beginning as Elizabeth takes the throne of England, and spanning the years until the legendary defeat of the Spanish Armada, The Lion Triumphant follows Cat’s journey from the thrill of a first passion to the ferocity of a mother’s love. Despite the twists of history, her fortunes—and her heart—will remain tied to one seductive buccaneer.
Review
A gloriously silly, dizzily plotted historical adventure set in a version of the Tudor era. The first time Catherine sights gigantic Jake Pennlyon, Captain of one of Queen Elizabeth's fleet of raiding vessels, he is insufferable, rude and offensive. But worse than that, he blackmails her into betrothal by threatening to report her married sister Honey's family as subversive Catholics. Then a Spanish galleon glides into the nearby harbor and Cat, Honey and their maid Jennet are shanghaied to the Canary Islands where Cat is politely violated for nights on end until she becomes pregnant by Don Felipe, the Governor. This is in revenge for Jake's rape of Felipe's young Spanish bride. Soon there is a houseful of little bastards. After Cat weds Felipe (she's fond of him), over the bright blue sea comes Jake, kills Felipe, and they wed. Busier than Secretariat's stud schedule. (Kirkus Reviews)
From AudioFile
Set in Elizabethan England during the war between Spain and England, this is a tangled tale of love, revenge and pride. Marie McCarthy makes Carr's characters come alive. She switches easily from Spanish to French to British accents. M.B.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine