The King's Assassin

Name: The King's Assassin
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Angus Donald
ISBN: 9781405531375

Author: Angus Donald

Series: Outlaw Chronicles #7

Narrator: Mike Rogers

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 06/18/2015

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

AD 1215: The year of Magna Carta - and Robin Hood's greatest battle

The yoke of tyranny
King John is scheming to reclaim his ancestral lands in Europe, raising the money for new armies by bleeding dry peasants and nobles alike, not least the Earl of Locksley - the former outlaw Robin Hood - and his loyal man Sir Alan Dale.

The call to arms
As rebellion brews across the country and Robin Hood and his men are dragged into the war against the French in Flanders, a plan is hatched that will bring the former outlaws and their families to the brink of catastrophe - a plan to kill the King.

The roar of revolution
England explodes into bloody civil war and Alan and Robin must decide who to trust - and who to slaughter. And while Magna Carta might be the answer their prayers for peace, first they will have to force the King to submit to the will of his people . . .

About Angus Donald

Angus Donald was born in 1965 and educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University. He has worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft in Indonesia. For twenty years, he was a journalist in Hong Kong, India, Afghanistan and London. He is married to Mary, with whom he has two children, and he now writes full time from home in Tonbridge, Kent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2018

As the tale of Alan Dale and Robin Hood continues, Angus Donald shows yet again that he can do no wrong with its telling. Set against the backdrop of the rebellion that led to Magna Carta, time has moved on for Robin and Alan. A fantastic novel, dark and sad in places and thrilling and colourful in......more

Goodreads review by S.J.A. on June 18, 2015

The seventh book in Angus Donald’s superb Outlaw chronicles is out today. Well, you know how I feel about the Outlaw books, don’t you? Just in case anyone’s still unaware of them, these books represent a whole new and very realistic treatment of Robin Hood, seen through the eyes of the minstrel (and......more

Goodreads review by Angus on July 01, 2015

One of my best, I think......more

Goodreads review by Blair on June 19, 2015

Another solid entry in Angus Donald's excellent Outlaw Chronicles. This time, the earl of Locksley, aka Robin Hood, and his faithful friend, Sir Alan Dale, troubadour knight, clash over how to resolve their differences with King John before becoming deeply embroiled in the larger quarrels between th......more

Goodreads review by Speesh on March 20, 2016

AD1215. England is being bled dry, lead to rack and ruin and to the edge of full-scale civil war - by its King. Following the death of his older brother, King Richard (he of the Lion Heart), John has had a free hand to do pretty much as he pleases. Finances permitting. And when his finances don’t pe......more