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PREORDER DAVID GILMAN'S THRILLING NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE NOW!

In this gripping historical adventure, Master of War Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks gold and alliances for King Edward's war with France.


THE MASTER OF WAR RIDES AGAIN.

1368, Northern Italy. As the Hundred Years' War smoulders, the Duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III, sets out from Paris to wed the Lord of Milan's daughter. The union could forge an alliance as vital as any victory on the battlefield.

But the road to Milan is a road to betrayal.

Riding ahead is Sir Thomas Blackstone, the legendary Master of War. Blackstone is tasked with securing the gold that, together with the marriage alliance, will fuel the House of Plantagenets' fight against France. But with a bounty on his head, Blackstone will have to outthink and outfight foes deadlier than any he has faced before.

Yet the gravest threat may lie closer to home. Blackstone's son, Henry, has inherited his father's unerring fate to walk where peril waits...

Reviews for David Gilman

'Page-turning and gritty' Daily Mail
'Heart-pounding action' The Times
'Gripping' Wilbur Smith
'Vivid and inventive' Sunday Times
'A master author' Army Rumour Service
'The Hundred Years War brought alive' For Winter Nights

PREORDER DAVID GILMAN'S THRILLING NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE NOW!

In this gripping historical adventure, Master of War Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks gold and alliances for King Edward's war with France.


THE MASTER OF WAR RIDES AGAIN.

1368, Northern Italy. As the Hundred Years' War smoulders, the Duke of Clarence, second son of Edward III, sets out from Paris to wed the Lord of Milan's daughter. The union could forge an alliance as vital as any victory on the battlefield.

But the road to Milan is a road to betrayal.

Riding ahead is Sir Thomas Blackstone, the legendary Master of War. Blackstone is tasked with securing the gold that, together with the marriage alliance, will fuel the House of Plantagenets' fight against France. But with a bounty on his head, Blackstone will have to outthink and outfight foes deadlier than any he has faced before.

Yet the gravest threat may lie closer to home. Blackstone's son, Henry, has inherited his father's unerring fate to walk where peril waits...

Reviews for David Gilman

'Page-turning and gritty' Daily Mail
'Heart-pounding action' The Times
'Gripping' Wilbur Smith
'Vivid and inventive' Sunday Times
'A master author' Army Rumour Service
'The Hundred Years War brought alive' For Winter Nights

Über den Autor

David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman. He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman. David lives in Devon, England.

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Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 528 S.
1 Maps
ISBN-13: 9781035911752
ISBN-10: 1035911752
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gilman, David
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 232 x 152 x 50 mm
Von/Mit: David Gilman
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2026
Gewicht: 0,728 kg
Artikel-ID: 134551009

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