Shadow of the Hawk

Name: Shadow of the Hawk
Rating: 4.6 (3955 reviews)

by David Gilman

Book 7 in the Master of War series.

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In 1364, the death of John II and the accession of Charles V signal that the uneasy peace with England will not hold. Thomas Blackstone is sent first into the struggle over Brittany and then toward Castile, where the fate of Don Pedro threatens to open another front the English can hardly afford.

The novel connects the Hundred Years’ War to both the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War. Its strength as historical fiction is the way it shows fourteenth-century war as a web of dynastic claims, hostage politics, mountain roads, cavalry, spies and local conflicts that pull England and France far beyond their own borders.

Historical periods

Medieval Period Late Medieval Hundred Years’ War Hundred Years’ War in France Late Medieval France

Historical people

Edward III of England1312–1377 John II of France1319–1364 Charles V of France1338–1380 Edward, the Black Prince1330–1376 Peter of Castile1334–1369 Henry II of Castile1334–1379 Bertrand du Guesclinc. 1320s–1380