![]() There’s no way I could fault the degree of historical detail throughout, though felt that the characters were rather undeveloped. This was an extremely violent and earthy novel. There are ten Essex Dogs, led by the battle-scarred Loveday FitzTalbot, who just wants to get his men home safely. ![]() Yet this is not a story of kings and nobles but of the men on the ground fighting with swords, axes, and longbows. In July 1346 King Edward III and his lords are on the march through France. It is the first in his Essex Dogs Trilogy that follows a small tight kit company of soldiers during the Hundred Years’ War. While Jones is well known for his historical nonfiction, this is his debut novel. ‘Essex Dogs’ is a powerful work of medieval military fiction. ![]() ![]() My thanks to W F Howes for a review copy via NetGalley of the unabridged audiobook edition of ‘Essex Dogs’ by Dan Jones. “The Dogs hired their sword-and bows-arms to anyone who paid–in any sort of activity where brute force and sharp steel were needed. ![]()
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