The Powder of Death: An explosive discovery will change the world for ever: 2 (Moments of History) - Hardcover

Stockwin, Julian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749019301 ISBN 13: 9780749019303

Verlag: Allison & Busby, 2016

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"In a novel brimful of characters, Perkyn Slewfoot stands out. This is partly because of the way in which Stockwin has used this character to paint a vivid picture of the life of a villein during the late 13th century... The sea voyage from England to Malta is particularly memorable and is an excellent example of using factually historical detail to create a sense of period and atmosphere."--Historical Novels Review

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The Powder of Death opens with a returned envoy to China meeting an English scholar in Oxford in the mid-13th century to share a deadly secret. They vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences otherwise are too terrible to contemplate. The novel tells 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. He does so at the Battle of Crecy, the first full-scale battle at which guns are deployed in the field. The nature of warfare is changed forever, and the world hears the death-knell of Knightly chivalry.

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• Verlag: Allison & Busby
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0749019301
• ISBN 13: 9780749019303
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320