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Author:
Cornwell, Bernard.
Title:
1356 : a novel Bernard Cornwell.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publisher:
Harper
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
417 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
France--Fiction.--14th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453--Fiction.
Mercenary troops--Fiction.
Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356--Fiction.
War stories.
Notes:
"Go with God, but fight like the devil"--Dust jacket. "Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. Map on endpapers.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
0062239295
9780062239297 (signed edition)\0061969672\9780061969676
Locations:
LPPC815 -- Lake View Public Library (Lake View)

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