Book Preview The road came from the southern hills and crossed the marshes by the sea. It was a bad road. A summer’s persistent rain had left it a strip of glutinous mud that baked hard when the sun came out, but it was the only road that led from the heights of Sangatte to … Read more
Book Preview by Bernard Cornwell. Part one. england October 1346. It was October, the time of the year’s dying when cattle were being slaughtered before winter and when the northern winds brought a promise of ice The chestnut leaves had turned golden, the beeches were trees of flame and the oaks were made from bronze. … Read more
Book Preview The treasure of Hookton was stolen on Easter morning 1342. It was a holy thing, a relic that hung from the church rafters, and it was extraordinary that so precious an object should have been kept in such an obscure village. Some folk said it had no business being there, that it should … Read more