Traitor's Blood - Arnold, Michael

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Auteur(s) : Arnold, Michael

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/05/2011

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 480

Expédition : 334

Dimensions : 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.8

ISBN : 1848544049

Résumé :

Traitor's Blood, the first in The Civil War Chronicles, Michael Arnold's acclaimed series of historical thrillers, sees battle-scarred hero Captain Stryker, 'the Sharpe of the Civil War', confront his nemesis.
'Stands in comparison with the best of Cornwell' Yorkshire Post

Once seen in the heat of battle, Captain Stryker is never forgotten. A hardened veteran of the wars in the Low Countries, he has come home to England to seek revenge on the man who left him for dead and scarred him for life.

Stryker is driven by loyalty rather than conviction to serve King Charles's cause. He has no truck with aristocracy, preferring the company of a handful of trusted men, including sometime actor Lancelot Forreseter and his foul-mouthed sergeant, Skellen. But when the existence of a dangerous spy at the heart of the Royalist establishment is discovered, it is Stryker whom Prince Rupert chooses to capture the man before he realises the game is up.

Lightly armed and with only a handful of men, Stryker must journey across a country riven by bitterness and beset by marauding bands of soldiers in a race against time. But unbeknown to Stryker, someone else is also closing in on his quarry, someone whom Stryker has sworn to kill: Captain Eli Makepeace, his nemesis, the man who nearly destroyed him . . .

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Biographie:
Michael Arnold...

Sommaire:

Michael Arnold lives in Petersfield, Hampshire with his wife and young son. After childhood holidays spent visiting castles and battlefields, he developed a lifelong fascination with the Civil Wars and is a member of Earl Rivers' Regiment of Foote in The Sealed Knot.

You can find out more about Michael Arnold, Captain Stryker and The Civil War Chronicles by visiting www.hodder.co.uk, Michael Arnold's website www.michael-arnold.net, his facebook fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Arnold/103711729671003, or by following Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/MikeArnold01.

'Captures the grittiness, as well as the doomed glamour, of the Royalist cause' Charles Spencer 'You can smell the gunpowder and hear the cannon fire ... Arnold's passion for the period suffuses every page' Robyn Young, author of the Brethren trilogy 'Powerfully visualised battle scenes which can certainly stand in comparison with the best of Cornwell' Yorkshire Post 'I loved Sharpe. I am going to be equally at home with Captain Stryker' Historical Novels Review 'An intensely interesting, plot-driven historical novel of superb quality ... I found it very difficult to put down until the final page' Euro Crime 'A fast-moving, exciting novel ... Forget Sharpe and enjoy the exploits of Captain Stryker in an earlier and dangerous period of history. Once hooked you will look forward to the next in this series' Ryedale Gazette and Herald Michael Arnold has caught all of the passion, urgency, fear and exhilaration of men in battle. Not only that, he's writing in a period that he obviously knows intimately and in to which he has breathed new life.' Patrick Mercer, author of To Do & Die, Dust & Steel, Red Runs the Helmand 'Mike Arnold hooks the reader with the clash of steel and the roar of gunpowder. Rollicking action and proper history combine in this cracking series.' Anthony Riches A thundering, swashbuckling yarn that will get the blood of all Sharpe fans pumping. And this is a thundering, action-packed debut for Captain Stryker a veteran of the wars in the Low Countries and staunch supporter of the Royalist cause. It is to Stryker that Prince Rupert turns when he needs someone to root out a dangerous spy in the ranks. But, Stryker finds himself on a collision course with a sworn, ruthless enemy. Peterborough Evening Telegraph