Book description
1640, and the pall of war hangs over France...
The young Chevalier de Roland has scarcely set foot in the city
before he crosses swords with a cruel nobleman to defend a young
woman's honour. Too late he learns he has stumbled on a conspiracy
within the King's own household to seize power by secret alliance with
Spain. Accused of treason and forced to flee into hiding, Andr must
fight on alone, staking both his life and his honour in the battle to
save France.
Blood and Steel is an epic swashbuckling pageturner that sweeps from
the political intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu to the great
battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
A L Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before
moving into television, where her production credits range from period
drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. Her debut novel,
Honour
And The Sword,
went on to be a Top Ten bestseller.
