Lion Hearts: the richly drawn, action-packed historical adventure from the Sunday Times bestseller
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By Dan Jones
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‘Bloody and beguiling’ THE TIMES
‘A salty, action-packed saga’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
A COUNTRY ON THE BRINK
1350. England reels in the aftermath of the Black Death. Towns emptied, families shattered, a kingdom weakened, and yet still, worse is to come.
AN ALLY TURNED FOE
After a failed alliance, the Castilians grow ever bolder in their threats against the Crown, mounting attacks onto English shores and even stealing people away.
A FINAL CRUSADE
Loveday FitzTalbot has survived a lifetime of battles, but never an enemy this elusive. When his newfound family is threatened, he is forced into dangerous work for a man whose loyalties shift like the tide.
This unknowingly leads him to a long-awaited reunion, a battle unlike any he has faced before and a final farewell that will change everything…
See medieval England brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling historian Dan Jones in this epic, action-packed adventure that can be read as part of the Essex Dogs series or as a standalone.
Praise for THE ESSEX DOGS ‘Wolves of Winter is a horrible joy to read: horrible because of the vivid, random bloodshed, and a joy because of the easy authenticity of his prose… If you’ve ever enjoyed a Ridley Scott film, go and buy this book!’ ALICE WINN‘Dan Jones’ fiction rings with the authority of his scholarly history.’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
‘A book that draws you in page by page. The way Dan Jones writes enemies reminds me of Cornwell at his best, turning up tension click by click.’ CONN IGGULDEN
‘This is the Hundred Years’ War as directed by Oliver Stone with a historian’s eye for detail.’ ELODIE HARPER
‘Battle-bloody, brutal and perfectly pitched.’ DAILY MAIL
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Not the greatest read a lot of profanity which was a bit of a surprise, was set in 1350 was around the time of the black plague and follow a story of a knights and a group that had disbanded called the Essex Dogs, bit of a confusing love interest In chapter one wouldn't be a book I would be going back to shame because the war element was something I was looking forward to but the language used was letting the story down abit
'Lion Hearts' by Dan Jones, is set in the mid-fourteenth century, during the Hundred Years War and the time of the Black Death. It is the conclusion to a trilogy, which regales us with the adventures and exploits of a gang known as The Essex Dogs. However, having missed out on instalments one and two - it seemed that I had come a bit late to the party. The first part, entitled 'Winchelsea' imagines what daily life for most folk may have been like in this 'Antient Town' that is part of the Cinq Ports Confederation. By the end of it, it felt as if I had been part of a mediaeval pub crawl or, rather, embroiled in a mediaeval pub brawl! The final part, entitled 'Windsor' - with or without its 'merry wives' - was scarcely any different. I suspect that the author had it in mind to create a series of novels that could be adapted for the big screen in the form of a 'buddy film.' Frankly, if you are looking for a good read of this type in the guise of historical fiction, then you cannot better Alexandre Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers.' A useful tip for anyone weighing up this book is to start with the historical note at the end — had I done that initially, I could have spared myself the trouble of reading the rest of it.
