Man at Arms: The Battle of Poitiers

Sir John Hawkwood, Book 2

By: Griff Hosker

Narrated by: Marston York

The Black Death! England has won the war with France, but the disease which rampages through the land takes both rich and poor, warrior and worker. John Hawkwood and his two companions spend the winter in the north.

It is in the spring that he begins to mould his company into a fighting force, and he serves the Baron Mortimer on the Welsh Border. There his men learn to fight as one, and John Hawkwood begins the change from archer to man at arms.

When the king and the Black Prince commission him to fight for them, first in an action against the Castilian pirates and then on a chevauchée through Gascony, he learns the skill of leadership.

©2020 Griff Hosker (P)2021 W F Howes

Had not heard a historic retelling of the Battle of Portier . . .

I like this series so far have listened to the first two books as audio, not quite as good. A story told as with Bernard Cornwell and I’m learning to like this author.

Odins view

good story, great narration
as was first book of this series, looking forward to the next.

Engrossing story

I listen to the sample before buying an audiobook, as the quality of the narrator can make or break the story. Mr. York has embodied the tales of John Hawkwood for me and I look for his narration on all of said stories.

Excellent

As much as I enjoyed the first book, it wasn’t great. This second in series is a great book and going in my favorites.

Man at Arms

Both of the books in the John Hawkwood series were great. I throughly enjoyed them both. Hoping there are more to come in the series.