Cornwell, Bernard

1356 : a novel Thirteen hundred fifty-six / Bernard Cornwell. - First U.S. edition. - 417 pages : maps ; 24 cm

"Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. "Go with God, but fight like the devil"--Dust jacket. Map on endpapers.

The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.

9780061969676

2012532023


Poitiers . , 1356
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Mercenary troops----Fiction


France----History----Fiction


Historical fiction
War stories

PR6053.O75 / A15 2013

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