1356 (#4 Grail Quest)

Author: Bernard Cornwell

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  • : 19.99 NZD
  • : 9780007331864
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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  • : February 2013
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : June 2013
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Barcode 9780007331864
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Description

Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. The remarkable new novel by Britain's master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers. 1356: France stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the battle of Crecy and led by the Black Prince, is invading and the French are hunting them down. The bloodiest battles of the Hundred Years War are yet to be fought. Thomas of Hookton, an English archer, becomes trapped with his outnumbered army. And here, near the town of Poitiers, an extraordinary confrontation will ignite one of the greatest battles of all time.

Reviews

'A reminder of just how good a writer he is' SUNDAY TIMES

Author description

Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex and worked for the BBC for eleven years before meeting Judy, his American wife. Denied an American work permit he wrote a novel instead and has been writing ever since. He and Judy divide their time between Cape Cod and Charleston, South Carolina.