Set during England's bloody and brutal War of the Roses, this is the second novel in an epic historical fiction series. If you liked Conn Iggulden's Stormbird, you will love Toby Clements' KINGMAKER novels.
Toby Clements was inspired to write the Kingmaker series having
first become obsessed by the Wars of the Roses after a school trip
to Tewkesbury Abbey, on the steps of which the Lancastrian claim to
the English throne was extinguished in a welter of blood in
1471.
Since then he has read everything he can get his hands on and spent
long weekends at re-enactment fairs. He has learned to use the
longbow and how to fight with the poll axe, how to start a fire
with a flint and steel and a shred of baked linen. He has even
helped tan a piece of leather (a disgusting experience involving
lots of urine and dog faeces). Little by little he became less
interested in the dealings of the high and mighty, however
colourful and amazing they might have been, and more fascinated by
the common folk of the 15th Century- how they lived, loved, fought
and died. How tough they were, how resourceful, resilient and
clever. As much as anything this book is a hymn to them.
He lives in London with his wife and three children. This is his
second novel.
Toby Clements is an exceptionally good writer. His debut was a tour
de force. His second novel outdoes that, bringing new depth to his
characters, and continuing his vivid, blood-soaked insight into the
real, grim, ghastly, and occasionally glorious human cost of the
Wars of the Roses. This is history in the raw: powerful, potent
stuff, always real, but always gloriously unpredictable. This is a
gem of a book, one of my must-reads for this year.
*Manda Scott*
This is a miserable, vicious world, vividly recreated by Clements.
Immersive historical fiction at its best.
*The Times*
The book glides along effortlessly, it’s a simple excellent love
story, bursting with action, intrigue and history. a real contender
for book of the year.
*Parmenion Books*
It's raw and heart-rending… A searing narrative that will
definitely stay with you after you've closed the book.
*Fantasy Smorgasboard*
It's raw and heart-rending… A searing narrative that will
definitely stay with you after you've closed the book.
*Fantasy Smorgasboard*
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