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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik |
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THE POWDER OF DEATH
New action-packed historical standalone from the author of the KYDD series
The middle of the 13th Century: an envoy to China meets with an English scholar in Oxford to share a deadly secret. They vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them. The consequences otherwise are too terrible to contemplate.
THE POWDER OF DEATH is the story of its re-discovery, one man's obsession with the powder of death, and Edward III's determination to use it to his advantage. It takes us to the Battle of Crecy, the first full-scale battle at which guns are deployed in the field. These new and frightening weapons are about to change warfare forever. Once the cannonball is out of the cannon, there's no putting it back This is the death of chivalry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julian Stockwin joined tough sea-training school at 14, followed by the Royal Navy, transferring to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated. He saw service in the Far East, Antarctic, South Seas and Vietnam, and was on board the Melbourne at the time of its disastrous peace time collision with the Voyager. Later worked for NATO on the strategic deployment of merchant shipping.
Shortlisted: Mountbatten Maritime Literary Award 2008.
THE POWDER OF DEATH is the story of its re-discovery, one man's obsession with the powder of death, and Edward III's determination to use it to his advantage. It takes us to the Battle of Crecy, the first full-scale battle at which guns are deployed in the field. These new and frightening weapons are about to change warfare forever. Once the cannonball is out of the cannon, there's no putting it back This is the death of chivalry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julian Stockwin joined tough sea-training school at 14, followed by the Royal Navy, transferring to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated. He saw service in the Far East, Antarctic, South Seas and Vietnam, and was on board the Melbourne at the time of its disastrous peace time collision with the Voyager. Later worked for NATO on the strategic deployment of merchant shipping.
Shortlisted: Mountbatten Maritime Literary Award 2008.
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Published 2016-08-18 by Allison & Busby |