{"product_id":"shadow-of-the-hawk","title":"Shadow of the Hawk","description":"Winter, 1364.\u003cbr\u003eThe King is dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefeated on the field of Poitiers, Jean Le Bon, King of France, honoured his treaty with England until his death. His son and heir, Charles V, has no intention of doing the same. War is coming and the predators are circling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Thomas Blackstone, Edward III''s Master of War, has been tasked with securing Brittany for England. In the throes of battle, he rescues a young boy, sole witness to the final living breaths of the Queen of Castile. The secret the boy carries is a spark deadly enough to ignite conflict on a new front – a front the English cannot afford to fight on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo Blackstone is ordered south to Castile, across the mountains to shepherd Don Pedro, King of Castile, to safety. Accompanied only by a small detachment of his men and a band of Moorish cavalrymen loyal to the king, every step takes Blackstone further into uncertain territory, deeper into an unyielding snare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the Master of War, the shadow of death is always present.\u003cbr\u003ePraise for David Gilman:\u003cbr\u003e''The level of suspense is ratcheted up to a truly brutal level'' SHARON PENMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A gripping ride'' WILBUR SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gilman does heart pounding action superlatively'' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Like a punch from a mailed fist, Master of War is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty'' ROBERT FABBRI","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56793015615823,"sku":"9781788545006","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781788545006_1-shadow-of-the-hawk.jpg?v=1768020036","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/shadow-of-the-hawk","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}