Hawkwood: The Diabolical Englishman by Frances Stonor Saunders

Hawkwood: The Diabolical Englishman

Frances Stonor Saunders

366 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
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The second son of a minor Essex landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince's wars against France. He and other freebooters beseiged the Pope at Avignon, and when they were paid to go to Ital...

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