Сто летняя война продолжается, и самые кровопролитные битвы еще впереди. По всей Франции города закрывают свои ворота, поля горят, а страна готовится к опасности. Английская армия, одержавшая победу в битве при Креси и возглавляемая Черным принцем, вновь вторгается во Францию, а французы охотятся за ней.
Томас из Хуктона, английский лучник по прозвищу Бастард, получает приказ разыскать потерянный меч Святого Петра - оружие, которое, по слухам, дарит непобедимость своему обладателю. Когда англичане оказываются в окружении немногочисленной армией у города Пуатье, Томас, его люди и заклятые враги встречаются в необычном противостоянии, которое зажигает одну из величайших битв всех времен.
Also Available In This Series.Essentially the first volume in the outstanding series The War Lord of Castillon, this sweeping tale takes you into the chaotic world of late 14th century Europe. Thrust upon fighting side by side with Blake De Marigny, Thomas of Hookton's instincts for barbarity and savagery soon clash with his new friend's unrelenting noble principles. Thomas' wife, Anne, his only hope for cleansing his past comes face to face with the very man he risks his life to defeat. Although utterly confident in his own judgement, Thomas admits that neither he nor anyone in England fully understands the wounds that are stitched up in those who speak French. Two hundred years after the great millennium, there's an awakening fury as menacing forces threaten to fracture the fragile peace and endanger the heartland where the true believers congregate. If the 2nd book in this epic historical adventure, The Grail and the Rainbow was the story of a Europe on the brink of physical disaster, then Fear God and FIGHT like the DEVIL is a tale of the depths into which men will go in their battle against ultimate evil.
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ISBN: 9780007331888
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This special edition Ebook features exclusive extra content by the author, with an extended Historical Note and two contemporary accounts of the Battle of Poitiers.Go with God and Fight like the Devil.The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloodiest battles are yet to be fought. Across France, towns are closing their gates, the crops are burning and the country stands alert to danger. The English army, victorious at the Battle of Crécy and led by the Black Prince, is invading again and the French are hunting them down.Thomas of Hookton, an English archer known as Le Bâtard, is under orders to seek out the lost sword of St Peter, a weapon said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near the town of Poitiers, Thomas, his men and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.
