Description
| Product ID: | 9781784974480 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Master of War |
| Title: | Viper's Blood |
| Authors: | Author: David Gilman |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | Historical adventure fiction, Historical adventure |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating With the English army at the gates of Paris, Blackstone faces his deadliest mission yet in the fourth instalment of the Master of War series. ''A gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty'' ROBERT FABBRI. 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 Crècy and Poitiers, the Dauphin will no longer meet the English in the field. Mired down in costly sieges and facing a stalemate, Edward''s great army is forced to argee a treaty. But peace comes at a price. The French request that Blackstone escort their King''s daughter to Italy to see her married to one of the two brothers who rule Milan – the same brothers who killed Blackstone''s family to revenge the defeats they suffered at his hand. Blackstone, the French are certain, will never leave Milan alive... |
| Imprint Name: | Head of Zeus |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-08-10 |
