Title: 1356
Subtitle: A Novel
Description: 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.
Subjects: Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356, Fiction, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453, History, Adventure, Historical, Fiction and related items / Adventure / War and combat fiction, Fiction and related items / Historical fiction, Mercenary troops, War, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2013-01-27, New York Times bestseller, Great britain, fiction, France, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, American fiction, Fiction, historical