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Viper’s Blood
by David Gilman
Book 4 in the Master of War series.
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In 1360, Edward III’s vast invasion of France has reached stalemate, and the treaty that follows creates as many dangers as it removes. Thomas Blackstone is ordered to escort a French royal bride toward Milan, but the mission takes him back toward men who destroyed his family and into a city where marriage, money and murder are difficult to separate.
The book uses the Treaty of Brétigny as a turning point in the war. The great armies may be pausing, but soldiers, nobles and mercenary powers still move through ruined France and northern Italy. Blackstone’s journey shows how dynastic diplomacy can be just another form of battlefield.
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