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Hawkwood
by Frances Stonor Saunders
The second son of a minor Essex landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince's wars against France. He and other freebooters besieged the Pope at Avignon, and when they were paid to go to Italy, discovered that the threat of force could be very profitable indeed. The Italian city states - Florence, Milan, Siena and Pisa - offered the richest pickings in Europe. Hawkwood became the most successful, clever and reliable mercenary leader of the time, leading the Italians to conclude that 'the Devil is an Englishman'. This is the story of an age when everything came to have a price - when the mercenary companies were vastly rich corporations, with their own accountants, lawyers and orators. But Frances Stonor Saunder's book is also a glittering and hard-edged evocation of a time of cultural greatness, peopled by characters ranging from Chaucer, Petrarch, Boccaccio and St Catherine of Siena to corrupt Popes and the Visconti tyrants of Milan. Above all, Hawkwood is a brilliant illumination of one of the outstanding figures of English and European history.
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All in good condition;
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Dispatched from the uk.
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This is an EX-LIBRARY COPY. We only offer carefully selected, quality books, in this category. The normal stamps and labels may be present and the front flysheet has been tidily removed. The supplying library will benefit financially from your purchase. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages.
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Bumping to edges. Internally Clean Unclipped dust wrapper This book is in good all round condition which means that it will show signs of wear and having been read. Any questions please e-mail, only too happy to help. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. We aim to ship within one working day.
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This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages.
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Unread Copy. Good Clean Copy.
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Reprint in softcover format, 8vo, 366pp, photo illustrations, card covers; one corner mildly creased o/w VG+/Fine Copy.
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0571219098 Paperback in good condition. Quick despatch from UK.
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1st edition, 1st impression. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy.
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057121908X Hardback in very good condition. Quick despatch from UK.
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2004 1ST EDITION. LIKE NEW COPY/LOOKS UNREAD. HAS PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON INSIDE COVER. SENT NEXT WORKING DAY FROM THE U/K 1ST CLASS.
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John Hawkwood was an Essex man who became the greatest mercenary in an age when soldiers of fortune flourished; a book full of the sensual, earthy pleasures and horrors of late medieval life-banqueting and starvation, sex and its violent renunciation, self-confidence and terrible fear. Hardback illustrated with colour and black and white plates. Slightly yellowing content edges otherwise very good condition in very good dust jacket. 366 pages.
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8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0571219098 Paperback Paperback. This book not only tells the story of the fourteenth century's brashest and most cosmopolitan Essex Man, but also offer a vivid portrait of the tumultuous age in which he lived. 366 pp.
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Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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Nice condition with minor indications of previous handling. Book selection as BIG as Texas.
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