Paperback edition of Cornwell's novel set during the Hundred Years War, which culminates at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. From the author of the Sharpe series, who has proved that books on great English battles have a great audience, with his previous novel }Azincourt{. Poitiers is a battle as great and arguably more important than Agincourt and Crecy, but with far less recognition, so this book will change that. 'Cornwell really makes history come alive.' George R.R. Martin