The Ill-Made Knight: ‘The master of historical fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES (Chivalry)

The Ill-Made Knight: ‘The master of historical fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES (Chivalry)

<p><b>An action-packed tale of chivalry and betrayal set during the Hundred Years War.</b></p><p>September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.</p><p>On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.</p><p>On the French side, the King and his son, the Dauphin. With 12,000 knights. </p><p>And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive. </p><p>As rapacious English mercenaries plunder a country already ravaged by plague, and the peasantry take violent revenge against the French knights who have failed to protect them, is chivalry any more than a boyish fantasy?</p>