Blood on the Crown

by Griff Hosker Book 1 in the Struggle for a Crown series.

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Will, the son of Harry, enters military life in the later fourteenth century by joining mercenary soldiers serving the Black Prince in Gascony and Spain. Fighting for pay and plunder gives him hard experience, but it also places him close to the politics of the English royal family at a time when foreign campaigning and succession are becoming inseparable.

Will’s conduct brings him to Prince Edward’s attention and he is chosen to help protect the prince’s sons, Edward and Richard. The appointment draws a soldier of fortune into dynastic service, where the dangers of battle are joined by court rivalry and the responsibility of guarding children whose future importance to the English crown is greater than they yet understand.

Historical Periods

Battle of Agincourt1415 CE Joan of Arc1412–1431 CE Glyndŵr Rising1400–1415 CE

Historical people

John of Gaunt1340–1399 Richard II1367–c. 1400 Henry VI1421–1471 Margaret of Anjou1430–1482 Henry V of England1386–1422 Henry IV of England1367–1413 Edward, the Black Prince1330–1376 Joan of Arc1412–1431