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 Crécy 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.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007331864Number of pages: 448Weight: 310 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm
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'A reminder of just how good a writer he is'SUNDAY TIMES
Praise for Bernard Cornwell:
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read,past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive'George R.R. Martin
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that'TELEGRAPH
Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell'Lee Child
This is a magnificent and gory work'Daily Mail
'The historical blockbuster of the year'EVENING STANDARD
'A runaway success'OBSERVER
'The characterisation,as ever,is excellent...And one can only admire the little touches that bring the period to life. He can also claim to be a true poet of both the horror and the glory of war'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
This is typical Cornwell,meticulously researched,massive in scope,brilliant in execution'NEWS OF THE WORLD
Bernard Cornwell
From the strife and division of the Dark Ages to the blood and bravery of the Napoleonic Wars,Bernard Cornwell's has been bringing history to life since the early Eighties when he created the unlikely hero renegade-turned-officer Richard Sharpe. Whether turning his hand to the hunt for the Grail quest,Arthurian legend or feuding Saxons in hisLast Kingdomseries,his novels are consistently popular,making him one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling novelists.
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