Wolves of Winter

Beschreibung

'Superb. As fresh, vivid and vital as this morning's headlines.' LEE CHILD<BR>'Absolutely fabulous. I never wanted it to stop.' ANTONIA FRASER<BR><BR> From a vast siege camp built outside Calais' walls into the darkest corners of a starving city, this is the captivating, brutal reality of surviving a medieval war brought vividly to life by a master storyteller and Sunday Times bestselling historian. <BR><BR> AN ENDLESS WAR.<BR> A BLOOD-SOAKED BATTLEFIELD.<BR> A BAND OF BROTHERS.<BR><BR> 1347.

After a bloody battle at Crécy, the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting - and their own lives.<BR><BR> Now the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais where a new siege is beginning. To get home, they must survive in a lawless camp that is deadlier than any battlefield.<BR><BR> Obsessed with finding the Captain, Loveday is losing control of his men. Romford is haunted by a horrific figure from his past.

And Scotsman is spiralling into a pit of drink, violence and self-pity.<BR><BR> The Dogs are being torn apart - but this war is far from over. It won't be long before they lose more of their own.<BR><BR> Don't miss LION HEARTS, the final heart-stopping novel in the Essex Dogs trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling historian Dan Jones - available now.<BR><BR> 'Rings with the authority of his scholarly history.' PHILIPPA GREGORY<BR> 'If you've ever enjoyed a Ridley Scott film, go and buy this book!' ALICE WINN<BR> 'Recalls Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels with its masterly control, period details, and understated humor.' KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW<BR> 'Captures the humanity at the heart of our history.' DR MICHAEL LIVINGSTON<BR> 'Another brilliant book by Dan Jones.' CHARLES SPENCER<BR> 'Nobody but Dan Jones could write this story...

It captures the grime, blood, sweat and friendship of medieval war brilliantly.' GARETH RUSSELL<BR> 'An enthralling, captivating, and thrilling chronicle.' GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS<BR> 'Reminds me of Cornwell at his best.' CONN IGGULDEN<BR> 'This is the Hundred Years' War as directed by Oliver Stone with a historian's eye for detail' ELODIE HARPER

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