Fields of Glory
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The year is 1346 and King Edward III is restless. Despite earlier victories his army has still not achieved a major breakthrough and the French crown remains intact. Determined to bring France under English rule and the French army to its knees he has regrouped and planned a new route of attack.
And on the beaches of Normandy his men now mass, ready to march through France to victory. But the French are nowhere to be seen. Edward knows that the worst thing he could do would be to take the battle to the French, where they will have the advantage and so he sets up camp near a small hill at Crecy and waits.
The Battle of Crecy will be a decisive turning point in the Hundred Years' Wars. This is the story of that battle and the men who won it.
Praise for Templar's Acre
'A cracking read in the best style of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell, this will delight existing fans and bring many more to the fold' Manda Scott
'Vivid imagination and gripping prose' Anthony Riches
'Compellingly brought to life - both bloody reality and glorious courage' Julian Stockwin
'The Siege of Acre is meticulously observed and bloodily rendered. I want more' Robert Low
Michael Jecks
Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry when he began writing the internationally successful Templar series. There are now twenty books starring Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock, with more to follow. The series has been translated into all the major European languages and sells worldwide. The Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association for the year 2004–2005, Michael is a keen supporter of new writing and has helped many new authors through the Debut Dagger Award. He is a founding member of Medieval Murderers, and regularly talks on medieval matters as well as writing.
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Reviews for Fields of Glory
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5the most boring book i ever read kept reading hoping it would get better
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the first in a trilogy that involves segments of the 100 Years War. It tells of the campaign by the English King to invade Normandy and beyond as well as claim the throne of France. It culminates in the Battle of Crécy 26 August 1346. The historical research is quite good and the plausible story of people fighting or caught up in events is masterfully done (rather expected with Jecks' writing history). I am not going to give anything away. Jecks does not hold back on the horrors of medieval warfare (war in any era is a horror) so the faint hearted needs be aware of that before cracking the cover. As usual, some things happen, or don't happen, that one may be totally surprised by and which richly spice the work. I had difficulty in putting the book down to take a break. The publishers story outline should be adequate to get one's interest but again, I am not going to give any part of the story itself away so that no one is disappointed in their reading. I just hope that I don't have to wait a year for title number two. By the way, I even survived without my favorite characters from Jecks' Templar series finding new ones of interest. Please, do take time for this title in whatever format you chose. I don't believe you will be sorry if you like exceptional historical fiction. Then, tell a friend!
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