The Unconquered Knight: A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Niño, Count of Buelna (First Person Singular) by Gutierre Diaz De Gamez

Paperback. Very Good.

NEW YORK: THE BOYDELL PRESS, 2004 Fine P/b as new, no insc. Printed on Acid- free Paper. The First Boydell Press printing of 2004. Eye Witness account by the author, whoe entered the service of Count Buelina in 1402 [ 15th C. History / Social History ] includes giving a bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign. The life of a knight both in war and peace. Please See Our Images of the actual book offered for sale[cover colours actually brighter- No fade]

UK: The Boydell Press, 2004. Soft cover. As New. 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm. P/B 232 pages, condition is As New. Gutierre Diaz de Gamez entered the service of Pero Niño, count of Buelna, in 1402, when they were both about 23, and served as head of his military household for nearly fifty years. He began a chronicle of his master's deeds in about 1431, and it is this eyewitness account of the life of a knight, both in war and peace, which is translated here. It is written in praise of his master, but beneath the veneer of hero-worship a good deal of the reality of a knight's existence shows through: even in the prologue, Diaz de Gamez gives a bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign: 'Knights who are at the wars eat their bread in sorrow; their ease in weariness and sweat... Mouldy bread or biscuit, meat cooked or uncooked, water from a pond or a butt, poor sleep with their armour still on their backs, the enemy an arrow-shot off...' On the other hand, he can evoke the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boydell Press, 2004-10-14. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!