Six brothers, trained since birth to become great warriors, prepare
to experience their first taste of battle
1033, the Norman/French border. The sons of Tancred de Hautville
are following in their father's footsteps. As knights, they have but
one true purpose: to fight. But denied service with their duke, they
are forced to take employment as mercenaries: their unequalled
battle skills are for hire to the highest bidder.
Victory and defeat, betrayal and revenge combine as the desperation
to rule the wealthy Norman lands becomes an intense battle, testing
even the strongest of ties.
Jack Ludlow is the pen-name of writer David Donachie, who was born
in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding interest in the
Roman Republic as well as the naval history of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, which he drew on for the many historical
adventure novels he has set in that period. David lives in Deal with
his partner, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook.
