内容简介
GowithGodandFightLiketheDevil.Afascinatingheroandthepursuitofaswordwithmythicalpower-thisistheremarkablenewnovelbyBritain'smasterstoryteller,whichculminatesattheBattleofPoitiersin1356.TheHundredYearsWarragesonandthebloodiestbattlesareyettobefought.AcrossFrance,townsareclosingtheirgates,thecropsareburningandthecountrystandsalerttodanger.TheEnglisharmy,victoriousattheBattleofCrécyandledbytheBlackPrince,isinvadingagainandtheFrencharehuntingthemdown.ThomasofHookton,anEnglisharcherknownasLeBâtard,isunderorderstoseekoutthelostswordofStPeter,aweaponsaidtograntcertainvictorytowhoeverpossessesher.AstheoutnumberedEnglisharmybecomestrappednearthetownofPoitiers,Thomas,hismenandhisswornenemiesmeetinanextraordinaryconfrontationthatignitesoneofthegreatestbattlesofalltime.
作者简介
BernardCornwellwasborninLondon,raisedinEssex,andnowlivesmainlyintheUSAwithhiswife.InadditiontothehugelysuccessfulSharpenovels,BernardCornwellistheauthoroftheStarbuckChronicles,theWarlordtrilogy,theGrailQuestseries,theAlfredseriesandstandalonebattlebooksAzincourtandTheFort.