Title: A secret history
First published: 1999
Description: Probably the biggest fantasy novel ever published in a single volume, Mary Gentle's magnificent tale of the gutsy and beautiful mercenary leader Ash will take you on an unforgettable ride through medieval Europe as it never quite was:

For Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armor, and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. But she doesn't realize that the voice in her head is not the Lord and His Saints, but something far, far stranger...
Subjects: Fiction, Women in combat, Magic, Ash (Fictitious character), Mercenary troops, Visigoths, Ash (Fictitious character) -- Fiction., Mercenary troops -- Fiction., Women in combat -- Fiction., Visigoths -- Fiction., Magic -- Fiction., Burgundy (France) -- Fiction., Fiction, fantasy, general, Women soldiers, History, Fiction, historical, general, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=honor
Places: Burgundy (France)
Time periods: House of Valois, 1363-1477
LC classification: CPB Box no. 1774 vol. 5