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Shadow of the Hawk by David Gilman

5 August 2021 By Editor

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 no intention of doing the same. War is coming and the predators are circling. Sir Thomas Blackstone, Edward III’s Master of War, […]

Shadow of the Hawk by David Gilman

4 February 2021 By Editor

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

10 December 2020 By Editor

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

9 March 2020 By Editor

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

6 February 2020 By Editor

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

10 August 2017 By Editor

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 […]

February Giveaway!

14 February 2017 By Editor

Two books up for grabs this month! Win a copy of Viper’s Blood, the new novel from bestselling author David Gilman AND a copy of Divided Souls, the latest in the Kingmaker series from Toby Clements. Read more about Master of War: Viper’s Blood. Read more about Kingmaker: Divided Souls. Just follow the instructions below to enter. […]

Historia Interviews: David Gilman

23 September 2016 By Katherine Clements

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 […]

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