Historical Novels Society
The legions of Cornwell’s fans…will need little encouragement to devour this latest installment in the Hundred Years Way sequence. Everything you expect of a Cornwell offering is here in abundance: interesting characters, rich historical detail, thrilling battles, war, violence, gore, heroism, wry humour….Highly recommended.
George R. R. Martin
Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present.
Lee Child
Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell - action set six hundred years ago is as fresh and vital as six days ago, with rough, tough men at war, proving once again that nothing changes... least of all great storytelling.
Reader's Digest
The first must-read of 2013 arrives….Bernard Cornwell is a master of combining a thumping good tale with a fascinating history lesson.
McClatchy News
Cornwell is one of the best writers of historical fiction.
Booklist
In addition to carving out another action-packed martial adventure, Cornwell spotlights one of the most significant but often overlooked battles of the era.
USA Today
The reigning king of historical fiction.
Bill Sheehan
Bernard Cornwell is a gifted and prolific historical novelist who seems at home in virtually every era….A lively, accessible account of a remote moment in European history, a book in which Cornwell’s gifts as scholar and storyteller come together spectacularly.
Billy Heller
Tired of waiting for another of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones books? Cornwell’s latest novel may be your best option.
Booklist
In addition to carving out another action-packed martial adventure, Cornwell spotlights one of the most significant but often overlooked battles of the era.
USA Today
The reigning king of historical fiction.
George R.R. Martin
Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present.
