The IllMade Knight, Christian Cameron
The IllMade Knight, Christian Cameron
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The Ill-Made Knight
‘The master of historical fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES

Author: Christian Cameron

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 21 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 05/30/2024


Synopsis

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMES
Discover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden.
September, 1356. Poitiers.
The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.

On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.
On the French side, the King and his son, the Dauphin. With 12,000 knights.

And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive.

As rapacious English mercenaries plunder a country already ravaged by plague, and the peasantry take violent revenge against the French knights who have failed to protect them, is chivalry any more than a boyish fantasy?

'A sword-slash above the rest' IRISH EXAMINER
'One of the finest writers of historical fiction in the world' BEN KANE

About Christian Cameron

Christian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by J.P. on September 28, 2017

Why is there not a 6* option? That's right, I liked - loved - this book *that* much! I'm not a re-reader of book's, but I am sure I will read this again one day. I have a lifelong interest in this period and have re-enacted close to this period before. Because of that - but not solely because of it - t......more

Goodreads review by Patremagne on March 26, 2014

[URL not allowed]-i... It seems like every other book that I read is by Christian/Miles Cameron. After finishing The Ill-Made Knight, the first in Cameron’s Chivalry(?) series, I am convinced that the man cannot write a bad book. He’s able to write medieval and ancient historical fi......more

Goodreads review by Mr. Matt on July 21, 2014

William Gold's parents die in the first outbreak of plague. He and his sister find themselves under the thumb of their cruel uncle who sells off their estate and treats his niece and nephew as little more than slaves. When he finally fights back, he finds himself with no other choice than to go to F......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on July 14, 2017

(re-read, july 2017) started re-reading the series as book 3 Green Count is out and so far finished the first volume and while I remembered pretty much everything, it's still been an engrossing, cannot put down, must turn the pages novel with all the stuff expected from the author (feeling of authent......more

Goodreads review by Chris on August 03, 2013

OMG this is brilliant! a 14th century HF novel at its very best, and they don't come any better. I am a big fan of Bernard Cornwell and have read all of his grail series, azincourt and 1356, but Christian Cameron beats them all fair and square in this novel. It's the tale about the career of William......more