Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Cornwell, Bernard

1356 a novel Thirteen hundred fifty-six Thirteen fifty-six Bernard Cornwell. - First U.S. edition. - 417 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - The Grail Quest Book 4 .

"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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Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Mercenary troops


France--History--14th century



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