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The ill-made knight

In 14th century France, William Gold dreams of becoming a knight, but first he must survive the savage new world in which he finds himself.

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  • "In 14th century France, William Gold dreams of becoming a knight, but first he must survive the savage new world in which he finds himself."@en
  • "William Gold comes into the world as his family slides down the social ladder. His head is filled with tales of chivalry, yet he is branded a thief, and must make do with being squire to his childhood friend Sir Robert, a knight determined to make a name for himself as a man at arms in France. While William himself slowly acquires the skills of knightly combat, he remains an outsider--until the Battle of Poitiers, when Sir Robert is cut down by the greatest knight of the age, Sir Geoffrey de Charny, and William, his lowly squire, revenges him. But with his own knight dead, no honor accrues to William for this feat of arms, and he is forced to become a mercenary. Scavenging a mismatched set of armor from the knightly corpses, he joins one of the mercenary companies now set to pillage a defenseless France, and so begins a bloody career that sees William joining forces with the infamous Sir John Hawkwood and immersing himself in a treacherousnbsp;clandestine war among the Italian city-states. Paradoxically it is there, among the spies, assassins, and hired killers serving their ruthless masters, that William finally discovers the true meaning of chivalry--and his destiny as a knight."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "The ill-made knight"
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  • "The Ill-made knight"@en

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