To Kill a King

Name: To Kill a King
Rating: 4.7 (2758 reviews)

by David Gilman Book 8 in the Master of War series.

First published 2024

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In 1367, Thomas Blackstone is entangled with Don Pedro of Castile while the Prince of Wales’s position in Aquitaine grows more dangerous. Blackstone remains bound by oath and service, but the mission forces him into a landscape where Plantagenet strategy, Castilian brutality and French opportunity all collide.

The novel belongs to the Castilian Civil War strand of the Hundred Years’ War. It uses Bordeaux, Aquitaine and Castile to show how English intervention in Iberia could win a battle yet worsen the political position of the Black Prince, leaving men such as Blackstone to survive the consequences of royal ambition.

Historical Periods

Hundred Years’ War in France1337–1453 CE Late Medieval France1300–1499 CE

Historical people

Edward III of England1312–1377 Charles V of France1338–1380 Edward, the Black Prince1330–1376 Peter of Castile1334–1369 Henry II of Castile1334–1379 Bertrand du Guesclin1320–1380