1356 : a novel / Bernard Cornwell.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, 2013, c2012Edition: 1st U.S. editionDescription: 417 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780061969676Other title: Thirteen hundred fifty-six | Thirteen fifty-sixSubject(s): Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356 -- Fiction | Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Fiction | Mercenary troops -- Fiction | France -- History -- 14th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | War stories. DDC classification: 823/.914 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.
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Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Map on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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