A LEGEND FORGED IN BATTLE: Thomas Blackstone
must face an implacable foe as the 100 Years' War enters its bloodiest phase.
Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was
slaughtered at Crécy when Thomas Blackstone and his fellow archers stood their ground
and rained death on the steel-clad might of French chivalry. Blackstone left
that squalid field a knight.
Now, Blackstone commands a war band and has carved out a
small fiefdom in northern France. But the wounds of war still bleed and a
traitor has given the King of France the means to destroy first his family, and
then the English knight himself.
As the traitor’s net tightens, so the French King’s army
draws in. Blackstone will stand and fight – in pitched battle and in single
combat. He will defy his friends, his family and his king. He may yet defy
death, but he can’t defy his destiny: BLACKSTONE: MASTER OF WAR.
I would like to thank Jenny from Neverland blog tours for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This book can be read as a standalone however I think it would have been far more enjoyable had I read the first book in this series. As I have be read that book like other readers/reviewers I can't compare with that book.
I loved the story and felt I was taken back to medieval times with the descriptions and have seen comparisons with Bernard Cornwell which it is well worth the comparison. Personally I think this is more of a mans books but it is a great story and I will be recommending this to my brother who likes this kind of book.
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David
Gilman was raised in Liverpool and educated in Wales. By the time he was 16 he
was driving a battered 1946 Ford, ferrying construction workers in the African
bush. A variety of jobs followed in different countries: fire and rescue,
forestry work, JCB driver, window dresser and professional photographer in an
advertising agency. He served in the Parachute Regiment’s Reconnaissance Platoon and then worked in
publishing. In 1986 he turned to full-time writing. He has written many radio
and television scripts including several years of ‘A Touch of Frost’. In 2007
his ‘Danger Zone’ trilogy for YA was sold in 15 countries. The first in the
series – The Devil’s Breath was long listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and
won the French Prix Polar Jeunesse. He also writes for younger children. MONKEY
and ME has been nominated for this year's Carnegie Medal. ‘MASTER of WAR’ is
the first in a series of HF for adults that follows the fortunes of Thomas
Blackstone during the 100 Years’ War.
Links:
Website: http://www.davidgilman.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/davidgilmanuk
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