{"product_id":"2940012654021","title":"St. Michaels' Testament","description":"The irrepressible Earl of St. Michaels was a brilliant politician, a man of deep feeling, strong appetites and precipitate action, but fiercely loyal to his family, his country and his principles.  The extremes of his temperament were held in check by an informal triumvirate of supporters – the earl’s daughter Lady Margaret, his cousin and heir Major Robert Harwood and the son of his man of business, Charles Ischia.  But St. Michaels was a member of the cabinet, and the government’s more sober ministers, including Lord Mark Haverleigh, distrusted the erratic peer.  When sensitive information on troop movements in Ireland was leaked to rebels, suspicion fell squarely on St. Michaels.  That fallout from that accusation caused a government to fall, a love affair to ignite, and a traitor to flee.\u003cbr\u003e     This romantic thriller follows the tumultuous consequences of St. Michaels’ virtues and follies.  Set in Victorian London, Ireland, and Italy, it chronicles the loves and infidelities of the earl’s family against a background of revolution, religious fervor, and social tension.  Secret marriages, counterfeit identities, forbidden liaisons and overmastering passions abound.  Oaths are sworn and forsworn as the characters wrestle with treason and betrayal in the corridors of Whitehall, the bedrooms of Mayfair, the hills of Ireland and the mountains of Italy.  Every plot device of historical suspense is woven into this closely plotted tale of intrigue and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e     Tallmadge brings Victorian conventions to life.  Her characters are precise and measured in their words, but every action reveals roiling emotion below the surface.  There are no coincidences and no extraneous events, and by the novel’s end the intertwined destinies of an improbable cast are satisfyingly resolved.  Lovers of literate romance and passionate encounters of both mind and body will spend happy hours untangling the legacy of the Earl of St. Michaels.","brand":"RAG Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152516366576,"sku":"2940012654021","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012654021_p0.jpg?v=1763571105","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012654021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}