Duke John the Fearless
Duke John is a larger than life character and deserves a whole book to himself. He openly admitted ordering the murder of his rival and, at the battle of St. Cloud, he had a bodyguard of 1000 Englishmen. The English contingent only fought in one battle and then returned to England. Historians still debate the actual motivations of the King and his son. What you have here are my answers to those motives.
The next book will take us to the time of King Henry Vth. It will cover the Battle of Agincourt which won, (along with the French princess, Katherine,) France for Henry and England.
Books used in the research:
The Tower of London -Lapper and Parnell (Osprey)
English Medieval Knight 1300-1400-Gravett
The Castles of Edward 1 in Wales- Gravett
Norman Stone Castles- Gravett
The Armies of Crécy and Poitiers- Rothero
The Armies of Agincourt- Rothero
The Scottish and Welsh Wars 1250-1400
Henry V and the conquest of France- Knight and Turner
Chronicles in the Age of Chivalry-Ed. Eliz Hallam
English Longbowman 1330-1515- Bartlett
Northumberland at War-Derek Dodds
Henry V -Teresa Cole
The Longbow- Mike Loades
The Scandinavian Baltic Crusades 1100-1500
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1)- Turnbull and Dennis
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2)- Turnbull and Dennis
Teutonic Knight 1190-1561- Nicolle and Turner
Warkworth Castle and Hermitage- John Goodall
Shrewsbury 1403- Dickon Whitehead
Agincourt 1415- Matthew Bennett
Ordnance Survey Original series map #81 1864-1869
For more information on all of the books then please visit the author’s web site at http://www.griffhosker.com where there is a link to contact him.
Griff Hosker
December 2019
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Ancient History
The Sword of Cartimandua Series (Germania and Britannia 50 A.D. – 128 A.D.)
Ulpius Felix- Roman Warrior (prequel)
The Sword of Cartimandua
The Horse Warriors
Invasion Caledonia
Roman Retreat
Revolt of the Red Witch
Druid’s Gold
Trajan’s Hunters
The Last Frontier
Hero of Rome
Roman Hawk
Roman Treachery
Roman Wall
Roman Courage
The Wolf Warrior series
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Saxon Dawn
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Saxon England
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Saxon Slaughter
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Saxon Fall: Rise of the Warlord
Saxon Throne
Saxon Sword
Medieval History
The Dragon Heart Series
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Viking Legend
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Viking Witch
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Viking Storm
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The Norman Genesis Series
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The Duke and the King
Blood on the Blade
Across the Seas
The Savage Wilderness
The Reconquista Chronicles
Castilian Knight
El Campeador
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English Knight
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Northern Knight
Baron of the North
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The King is Dead
Warlord of the North
Enemy at the Gate
The Fallen Crown
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Kingmaker
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Poisonous Plots
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Border Knight
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Sword for Hire
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Lord Edward’s Archer
King in Waiting (December 2019)
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1360- 1485
Blood on the Crown
To Murder A King
The Throne
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Modern History
The Napoleonic Horseman Series
Chasseur a Cheval
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British Light Dragoon
Soldier Spy
1808: The Road to Coruña
Talavera
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Rebel Raiders
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The British Ace Series
1914
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1917 Eagles Fall
1918 We will remember them
From Arctic Snow to Desert Sand
Wings over Persia
Combined Operations series
1940-1945
Commando
Raider
Behind Enemy Lines
Dieppe
Toehold in Europe
Sword Beach
Breakout
The Battle for Antwerp
King Tiger
Beyond the Rhine
Korea
Korean Winter
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