A convincing picture of hard men in a hard time, Dan Jones?T fiction rings with the authority of his scholarly history.’ PHILIPPA GREGORY’Absolutely fabulous. A raucous, swaggering charge through the medieval underworld. I had such a good time reading it that I never wanted it to stop.’ ANTONIA FRASER’Superb historical fiction as fresh, vivid and vital as this morning’s headlines… proves once again that nothing really changes, be it a soldier’s life ?” or great storytelling.’ LEE CHILDAN ENDLESS WAR. A BLOOD-SOAKED BATTLEFIELD. A BAND OF BROTHERS. 1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at CrAccy, six soldiers of fortune known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting ?” and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais. King Edward has vowed no Englishman will leave France til this city falls. To get home, they must survive a merciless winter in a lawless ca