J. R. Tomlin – A Kingdoms Cost: A Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

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A Kingdoms Cost is a visceral, meticulously detailed epic of 14th-century warfare and the Wars of Scottish Independence. If you crave the gritty realism and tactical depth of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, and Simon Scarrow, you wont be able to put down this uncompromising historical tour de force.
His father murdered. His lands stolen. His name erased.
To win back his birthright, he will rewrite the rules of war.
1305. William Wallace is dead, and Scotland lies broken under the iron heel of Edward I.
For young James Douglas, the occupation is personal. With no army and nothing left to lose, he stakes his future on Robert the Bruces desperate rebellion.
Plunging into a brutal, asymmetric conflict, James realizes that traditional chivalry is a death sentence. To defeat a larger, better-armed enemy, he must out-think, out-maneuver, and out-brutalize them. From the bloody ambush of the Douglas Larder to a daring vertical climb to outflank the enemy at the Pass of Brander, he blazes a trail of tactical terrorearning a legacy that will echo through history as The Black Douglas.
Product details
ASIN : B01DWTHKFI
Publisher : Albannach Publishing
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 6 April 2016
Language : English
File size : 661 KB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 265 pages
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 1 of 3 : The Black Douglas Trilogy
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17 in Historical European Fiction
26 in British & Irish Historical Literature
: 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (4,709)