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PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited

ISBN-101409142426

ISBN-139781409142423

eBay Product ID (ePID)172882408

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Book TitleIll-Made Knight

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicWar & Military, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorChristian Cameron

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsA sweeping, deeply moving epic that takes the reader into the heart of a different time and culture-- Historical Novels Review

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisAn action-packed tale of chivalry and betrayal set during the Hundred Years WarWilliam Gold comes into the world as his family slides down the social ladder. His head filled with tales of chivalry, instead he is branded a thief, and must make do with being squire to his childhood friend Sir Robert, a knight determined to make a name for himself as a man at arms in France. While William himself slowly acquires the skills of knightly combat, he remains an outsider until the Battle of Poitiers when Sir Robert is cut down by the greatest knight of the age, Sir Geoffrey de Charny, and William, his lowly squire, revenges him. But with his own knight dead, no honor accrues to William for this feat of arms, and he is forced to become a mercenary. Scavenging a mismatched set of armor from the knightly corpses, he joins one of the mercenary companies now set to pillage a defenseless France, and so begins a bloody career that sees William joining forces with the infamous Sir John Hawkwood and immersing himself in a treacherous clandestine war among the Italian city-states. But paradoxically it is there, among the spies, assassins, and hired killers serving their ruthless masters, that William finally discovers the true meaning of chivalry and his destiny as a knight. Includes a glossary.", An action-packed tale of chivalry and betrayal set during the Hundred Years War William Gold comes into the world as his family slides down the social ladder. His head filled with tales of chivalry, instead he is branded a thief, and must make do with being squire to his childhood friend Sir Robert, a knight determined to make a name for himself as a man at arms in France. While William himself slowly acquires the skills of knightly combat, he remains an outsideruntil the Battle of Poitiers when Sir Robert is cut down by the greatest knight of the age, Sir Geoffrey de Charny, and William, his lowly squire, revenges him. But with his own knight dead, no honor accrues to William for this feat of arms, and he is forced to become a mercenary. Scavenging a mismatched set of armor from the knightly corpses, he joins one of the mercenary companies now set to pillage a defenseless France, and so begins a bloody career that sees William joining forces with the infamous Sir John Hawkwood and immersing himself in a treacherous clandestine war among the Italian city-states. But paradoxically it is there, among the spies, assassins, and hired killers serving their ruthless masters, that William finally discovers the true meaning of chivalryand his destiny as a knight. Includes a glossary.

LC Classification NumberPS3603.A448