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With the English army at the gates of Paris, Blackstone faces his deadliest mission yet in the fourth instalment in an epic 100 Years' War series.
About the author
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
Summary
'A gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty' ROBERT FABBRI.
Provoked by the Dauphin's
refusal to honour 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 Crècy 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 comes at a price. The French request that Blackstone escort their King's daughter to Italy to see her married to one of the two brothers who rule Milan – the same brothers who killed Blackstone's family to revenge the defeats they suffered at his hand.
Blackstone, the French are certain, will never leave Milan alive...
Foreword
With the English army at the gates of Paris, Blackstone faces his deadliest mission yet in the fourth instalment in the grittiest historical fiction series on the shelves.
Additional text
Absolutely gripping ... A superb read' Nudge Book.
