Written by: Frances Stonor Saunders
Submitted By: Geraint
This is the astonishing story of John Hawkwood an Essex man who inlisted as an Archer during the Hundered Years war and who fought at both Crecy and Poiters. After the peace of Bretigny Hawkwood turned mercenary and went into Italy and proceeded to blackmail the whole country to ransom. An excellent book on one of the most interesting characters of the 14th century.
