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Cornwell, Bernard. Book - 2013 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.7 out of 5

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"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.

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A worthy addition submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 4, 2013, 11:52pm to Cornwell's works. A page-turner.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 417 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061969676

SUBJECTS
Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356 -- Fiction.
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Fiction.
Mercenary troops -- Fiction.
France -- History -- 14th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.