The powder of death
Stockwin, Julian2016
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'The Powder of Death' opens with a returned envoy to China meeting an English scholar in Oxford in the mid-13th century to share a deadly secret. They vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences otherwise are too terrible to contemplate. The novel tells the story of its re-discovery, one man's obsession with the powder of death, and Edward III's determination to use it to his advantage. He does so at the Battle of Crecy, the first full-scale battle at which guns are deployed in the field. The nature of warfare is changed forever, and the world hears the death-knell of Knightly chivalry.
Main title:
The powder of death / Julian Stockwin.
Author:
Stockwin, Julian, authorWagland, Greg, narrator
Imprint:
Rearsby : Lamplight Audiobooks, 2016.
Collation:
9 CDs (675 min.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Narrated by Greg Wagland.
ISBN:
9781510043398 (CDs)
Dewey class:
823.92FAF R97635
LC class:
PR6119.T66
Local class:
FTPC STO
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1805994