Hawkwood : diabolical Englishman / Frances Stonor Saunders
2005, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #438734
ISBN: 0571219098
Physical description; xviii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-351) and index. Contents; The fourteenth century : ways to die -- The fourteenth century : ways to live -- 1. Bad company -- 2. Avignon, whore of France -- 3. Sons of belial -- 4. Italia Mia -- 5. Betrayal -- 6. Naked force -- 7. Vipers of Milan -- 8. State of decline -- 9. The road to Rome -- 10. The first estate -- 11. Overeating -- 12. Undereating -- 13. Virtue's shame -- 14. How to get to heaven -- 15. Florence -- 16. Bloody saints -- 17. Freedom fighters -- 18. Anathema -- 19. Cardinal vices -- 20. From massacre to marriage -- 21. The other woman -- 22. Schism -- 23. Stories from Troy -- 24. Neapolitan question -- 25. Viper swallows viper -- 26. The wheel of fortune -- 27. The last campaign -- 28. Final audit -- 29. The greatest glory -- 30. What remains -- Epilogue : pale horse, pale rider. Subjects; Hawkwood, John Sir -1394. Hawkwood, John Sir. Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Library Manuscript. Hundred Years' War (1339-1453). To 1500. Mercenary troops Italy History To 1500. Soldiers of fortune Great Britain ; Biography. Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 ; Biography. British Italy History To 1500. Condottieri ; Biography.
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