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Zusatztext Like a punch from a mailed fist, MASTER OF WAR gives a true taste of the Hundred Years War. It is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty. The stench and harshness of medieval life is ever present Informationen zum Autor David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman . He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman , the first book featuring ex-French Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan. David lives in Devon. Follow David on @davidgilmanuk, www.davidgilman.com, and facebook.com/davidgilman.author Klappentext 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 of France. As he fights his way across northern France! Blackstone will learn the brutal lessons of war from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat! to the savage realities of siege warfare. Vastly outnumbered! Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare! a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life! a battle that is just the first chapter in a book of legend Blackstone: Master of War. 'The 100 Years' War is the new Rome for historical adventure novels' Ben Kane. 'I see flashes of brilliance that surpass Bernard Cornwell.' The Bookbag. Vorwort A LEGEND FORGED IN BATTLE: Amid the carnage of the 100 Years' War - the bloodiest conflict in medieval warfare - a young English archer confronts his destiny. Zusammenfassung 'Page-turning and gritty' DAILY MAIL . 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 the savage realities of siege warfare. Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare , a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life, a battle that will forge a legend ....
