01670cam a2200361 4500 424333196 TxAuBib 20130123120000.0 130107s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780061969676 0061969672 (OCoLC)820730517 UPZ eng rda UPZ BTCTA YDXCP BDX M$K IZ2 FOLLT IEP IH7 TxAuBib Cornwell, Bernard. 1356 : a novel / Bernard Cornwell. Thirteen hundred fifty-six. Thirteen fifty-six. New York : Harper, 2013. 417 p. : maps ; 24 cm. "Originally published, in a slightly different form, in Great Britain in 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso. "Go with God, but fight like the devil"--Dust jacket. Map on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references. The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II. 20130123. Poitiers, Battle of, France, 1356 Fiction. Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 Fiction. Mercenary troops Fiction. France History 14th century Fiction. France History Fiction. Historical fiction. War stories.