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.
Genres
- Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356
- Fiction
- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
- History
- Adventure
- Historical
- Fiction and related items / Adventure / War and combat fiction
- Fiction and related items / Historical fiction
- Mercenary troops
- War
- nyt:hardcover-fiction=2013-01-27
- New York Times bestseller
- Great britain, fiction
- France, fiction
- Fiction, historical, general
- Fiction, war & military
- American fiction
- Fiction, historical
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