The Powder of Death - Couverture souple

Stockwin, Julian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749020849 ISBN 13 : 9780749020842

Editeur : Allison & Busby, 2017

Synopsis

"Powder smoke and the stench of brimstone waft off the pages" - QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE

1261. Oxford, England. An envoy returns from the land of the Tartars to meet with an English scholar and share a deadly secret. The two men vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences are otherwise too fatal to contemplate.

1290. After his quiet life is shattered by tragedy, blacksmith Jared begins a pilgrimage from England to the Holy Land. The adventure that follows sees Jared join a holy crusade and encounter men from distant Cathay who harbour the secret of huo yao. So begins one man’s obsession with the powder of death and a king’s resolution to change the very nature of warfare . . .

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

At the age of fourteen, Julian Stockwin was sent to Indefatigable, a tough sea-training school. He joined the Royal Navy aged fifteen. Julian has written 14 books to date in the Kydd series of historical adventure fiction, as well as a non-fiction book, 'Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany.' He lives in Plymouth with his wife Kathy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allison & Busby
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0749020849
• ISBN 13: 9780749020842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible