Essex Dogs: : Essex Dogs Dan Jones Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book

Essex Dogs

Description

Don't miss LION HEARTS, the final heart-stopping novel in the Essex Dogs trilogy from bestselling historian Dan Jones - available to pre-order now.

'Draws you in page by page. The way Dan Jones writes enemies reminds me of Cornwell at his best.' CONN IGGULDEN

SOME MEN FIGHT FOR GLORY.
OTHERS FIGHT FOR COIN.
THE ESSEX DOGS FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER.

July 1346. The Hundred Years' War begins, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground. Swept up in the chaos, a tight-knit company from Essex must stay alive long enough to see their home again.

There's Pismire, small enough to infiltrate enemy camps. Scotsman, strong enough to tear down a wall. Father, a priest turned devilish by the horrors of war. Romford, a talented young archer on the run from his past. And Loveday, their battle-scarred captain, who watches over them all.

With sword, axe and longbow, the Dogs must survive from the landing beaches of Normandy to the perilous field of Crécy. But this war is a bloody one – and it's only just begun...

PRAISE FOR ESSEX DOGS

'A new champion has entered the front line of historical fiction to stand shoulder to shoulder with Bernard Cornwell.' JANE JOHNSON
'Battle-bloody, brutal and perfectly pitched.' DAILY MAIL
'Vital, earthy, and heart-stopping.' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB
'The soldiers' lives are rather brilliantly recreated – the kit, the fighting, the boredom and discomfort.' THE TIMES
'Only Dan Jones can carry you through blood, piss and vomit and leave you wanting more.' DAISY DUNN
'A cast of unforgettable characters.' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
'Simply stunning.' DUFF McKAGAN, New York Times No1 bestselling author

Product details

Published	29 Nov 2022
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	464
ISBN	9781838937911
Imprint	Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Dimensions	0 x 0 mm
Series	Essex Dogs
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Dan Jones

Dan Jones is the Sunday Times and New York Times b…

'Oddly joyous – rolling action, fast-paced, a book that draws you in page by page. The way Dan Jones writes enemies reminds me of Cornwell at his best, turning up tension click by click.'

Conn Iggulden
Battle-bloody, brutal and perfectly pitched... Jones captures the fear and frenzy of the fight and the loyalty and kinship of the Dogs in this slaughterous, sweary, swaggering debut

Daily Mail
With a cast of unforgettable characters, written with irrepressible verve and historical accuracy, Dan Jones delivers a compelling novel that thrums with swordswinging energy

Simon Sebag Montefiore
A new champion has entered the front line of historical fiction to stand shoulder to shoulder with Bernard Cornwell... A full-throated charge onto the mediaeval battlefield, a rip-roaring adventure full of blood and guts, camaraderie and inventive curses

Jane Johnson
Horribly compelling... Only Dan Jones can carry you through blood, piss and vomit and leave you wanting more

Daisy Dunn
Vital, earthy, and heart-stopping... So deft and funny that you'd never guess this is Dan Jones' debut work of fiction

Suzannah Lipscomb