Blood, Steel and Reputation - Gault, James
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Based on real events, this is the tale of how the Angevin kings of England fall and England's greatest knight rises to the occasion. Two naive young men set out from 12th century England on a perilous journey toward knighthood "across the sea" in the land of the Normans and Angevins. This is their tempestuous tale of hardship, danger, and the search for power or patronage in a world teeming with deceit and changing alliances. Though maintaining a lifelong friendship, one courts the road through royal favour while the other looks to the law and business. Both espouse the qualities of loyalty,…mehr

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Based on real events, this is the tale of how the Angevin kings of England fall and England's greatest knight rises to the occasion. Two naive young men set out from 12th century England on a perilous journey toward knighthood "across the sea" in the land of the Normans and Angevins. This is their tempestuous tale of hardship, danger, and the search for power or patronage in a world teeming with deceit and changing alliances. Though maintaining a lifelong friendship, one courts the road through royal favour while the other looks to the law and business. Both espouse the qualities of loyalty, honour, and chivalry. One will rise to fill the nation's highest office.
Autorenporträt
James, or Jim by preference, is an ex Naval Captain who has spent much of his life at sea mucking around in ships and boats. He has had a wide variety of roles from operational to training, policy-making and diplomatic, including voluntary work as a firefighter and marine rescue skipper.He has an abiding interest in history, both fact and fiction. These days the joys of reading and writing are preferred, especially writing about the fictional adventures of others. He lives in a small coastal town in Australia.