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1356 : a novel

Author: Bernard Cornwell
Publisher: New York : Harper, 2013. ©2012
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : English : First U.S. editionView all editions and formats
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The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
War stories
Fiction
History
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bernard Cornwell
ISBN: 9780061969676 0061969672 9780062239297 0062239295
OCLC Number: 820730517
Notes: "Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.
"Go with God, but fight like the devil"--Jacket.
Map on endpapers.
Description: 417 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Other Titles: Thirteen hundred fifty-six
Thirteen fifty-six
Responsibility: Bernard Cornwell.
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The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.

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