1356.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Lee Gibbons/Tin Moon,illustrated dw/dj and white+gilt letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp and clean,generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,yellow+ gold headband,and immaculate orange+black map illustrated eps.Top right-hand corner and foot of spine/backstrip's front gutter's edge are both minisculely bumped.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-382pp [paginated] includes prologue and Pts 1-4 comprising 16 chapters and historical note. Plus [unpaginated]; half-title+title pages,dedication,contents list/table,double-page b/w map (England+France,1356),prose quote,prologue+Pts separator pages with a b/w map (Battle of Poitiers,1356) to recto of Pt 4's separator page,publisher's 2pp adverts for author's other works and 2pp blanks at rear.The coloured endpapers map by Nicolette Caven and b/w maps in text,by John Gilkes respectively.A continuation of the Grail Quest trilogy.
1356.The Hundred Years War rages on and the bloddiest 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 Crecy 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 Batard,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 archers and his sworn enemies meet in an extraordinary confrontation that ignites one of the greatest battles of all time.
Rich in colour and character,in great adventure and thrilling conflict,'1356' is the magnificent tale of how the quest for a holy relic,with the power to alter fate, leads to a battle that will change the course of history for ever.
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