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1356
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
Go with God and Fight Like the Devil. A fascinating hero and the pursuit of a sword with mythical power - this is the remarkable new novel by Britain’s master storyteller, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.
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.
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- Kevin Anderson
- 02-10-22
Once again pure perfection in action
Awesome narrator. Mr Hawkins gave this wonderful book life, with his many accents with true feelings throughout.
As always Cornwell delivered another epic read, bringing history to life, as only he can.
My Thomas live on 🤞😀
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- JPA
- 25-09-16
Great to re-visit Thomas of Hookton.
Absolutely loved every aspect of this, from the story to the narration. an easy 5* given.
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- sandra
- 11-01-13
A bloody time to live
I enjoyed this book very much, hope its not the finish of Thomas, Still we still have the Saxon Chronicles to look forward to.
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- B Gillingham
- 21-08-18
Yet again
he never ceases to keep me glued to my book was a lot of blood and thunder but as ussual I was there with them every step of the way
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- Stacie
- 29-05-20
Finishes Thomas of Hookton’s story nicely
Fab. Listen after the Grail Quest trilogy. BC has captured the last big battle of the Black Prince like no other story teller.
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- michael rutherford
- 09-12-22
Great end to a series
A well narrated end to the quartet of books written by a master of the historical .
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- Peter Bowles
- 12-01-23
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Really good book to listen to and the story telling was very engaging and enjoyable
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-23
Great book, poor narration
An amazing book and great story. Sadly the narrator ruins it here- he cannot pronounce “Sire”, nor Hellequin- other words were strangely pronounced as well- such as risible. This distracts from the overall book as it is so common and repetitively wrong.
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- Michael banton
- 23-02-18
another great book in this series
a great Carry on in the series but it was a mistake to change the reader it made it less exciting and less enjoyable keeping the same reader for the whole of the series of books make it a whole lot better and more enjoyable I was looking forward to this book but when it. was read by jack hawkins it was a let down
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-11-17
Blood and guts galore.
This was the best book of the grail quest series. Really got into this one. If you like stories of battles, blood and guts, torture, revenge and hero’s on quests this is for you.
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