Cross of Fire, David Gilman
Cross of Fire, David Gilman
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Cross of Fire

Author: David Gilman

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 14 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/26/2022


Synopsis

Winter, 1362

After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III's Master of War.

But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few rewards: his family—bar his son Henry—is dead, slaughtered; his enemies only multiply. Death, in so many guises, beckons.

As he battles to enforce his King's claim to French territory, Blackstone will assault an impregnable fortress, he'll become embroiled in a feud between French aristocrats, he'll be forced into pitched battle in the dead of winter . . . and he'll be asked to pay an impossible price to protect something much more precious to the King than mere land.

All the while, out of the east, a group of trained killers, burning with vengeance, draw ever closer.

About David Gilman

David Gilman is the author of such young adult titles as The Devil's Breath.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julian on November 12, 2022

This is an extremely long thriller at over 550 pages. It needs to be though as there are so many characters not all of whom are what they seem to be at first appearance. The good people are: Paula Grey, Newman (who appears to be in a permanent bad mood), Nield, Butler, Tweed, and Marler. They have al......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on March 25, 2025

This spy novel, first published in 1992, was the tenth in a series featuring Tweed,the head of the British Secret Intelligence Service and his team. This one starts with a murder in the Suffolk coastal town of Aldeburgh and goes on to uncover a scheme that could change the face of Europe. At the cen......more

Goodreads review by Rajat on July 31, 2020

A plot of a military dictator planning to overthrow a government in France and how espionage teams of France, Britain and Germany combine to thwart his plans. Predictable, cliché-ridden and uninspiring.......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on September 29, 2017

I always enjoy Colin Forbes books even though they are a little far-fetched at times.......more

Goodreads review by Ronald on June 08, 2019

I considered it a good, light read. The plot was interesting: fear being used as a tactic to cause political upheaval. Sounds familiar?......more