Thomas Blackstone, Edward III’s Master of War takes to Spain in the seventh instalment of David Gilman’s chronicle of the Hundred Years’ War. Winter, 1364. The King is dead.Defeated on the field of Poitiers, Jean Le Bon, King of France, honoured his treaty with England until his death. His son and heir, Charles V, has […]
Cross of Fire by David Gilman
Winter, 1362. After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III’s Master of War. But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family – bar his son Henry – is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. […]
Cross of Fire by David Gilman
Winter, 1362. After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III’s Master of War. But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family – bar his son Henry – is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. […]
Cross of Fire by David Gilman
Winter, 1362. After years of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, a common archer knighted at Crécy, has rised to become Edward III’s Master of War. But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family – bar his son Henry – are dead, slaughtered; his enemies […]
Viper’s Blood by David Gilman
Provoked by the Dauphin’s refusal to honour the terms of his father’s surrender, Edward III has invaded France with the greatest army England has ever assembled. But the English lion’s attempts to claw the French crown from its master are futile. After defeats at Crecy and Poitiers, the Dauphin will no longer meet the English […]
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Historia Interviews: David Gilman
Historia talks to David Gilman, author of the Master of War series, about his new novel, The Last Horseman. Your new book takes you away from the Hundred Years War to the turn of the 20th century and the Anglo-Boer War. That’s quite a jump. What was the seed of inspiration for the book? Writers […]