The Ill-Made Knight

An action-packed tale of chivalry and betrayal set during the Hundred Years War. September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the King and his son, the Dauphin. With 12,000 knights. And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive. As rapacious English mercenaries plunder a country already ravaged by plague, and the peasantry take violent revenge against the French knights who have failed to protect them, is chivalry any more than a boyish fantasy?

Product details

• Authors: Christian Cameron, Cameron Christian
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.01.2014
• EAN: 9781409137504
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-3750-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 199 mm x 132 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Chivalry; Chivalry
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Non-fiction book; Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, War & combat fiction, Medieval History, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Medieval European archaeology, c 630 to c 1517 (Egyptian medieval period), Battlefield archaeology