David Gilman
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English
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The eighth gripping adventure in David Gilman's critically acclaimed Master of War series set in fourteenth-century Europe.
Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath.
But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unpopular in his Aquitainian lands,...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Provoked by the Dauphin's refusal to honor the terms of his father's surrender, Edward III has invaded France with the greatest army England has ever assembled. But the English lion's attempts to claw the French crown from its master are futile. After defeats at Crecy and Poitiers, the Dauphin will no longer meet the English in the field. Mired down in costly sieges and facing a stalemate, Edward's great army is forced to argee a treaty. But peace...
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Amid the carnage of the 100 Years War-the bloodiest conflict in medieval history-a young English archer confronts his destiny . . . England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy-dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasion. As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war-from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to...