'Superb historical fiction as fresh, vivid and vital as this morning's headlines... proves once again that nothing really changes, be it a soldier's life - or great storytelling.' ― Lee Child
Dan Jones brings us his Essex Dogs in a new campaign - the siege of Calais in 1347 - where their grim courage and innate violence are thrown against the high walls and deep moats of Calais. A convincing picture of hard men in a hard time, Dan Jones' fiction rings with the authority of his scholarly history. ― Philippa Gregory
At its best, the book recalls Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels with its masterly control, period details, and understated humor... Jones' entertaining second installment in a trilogy more than whets the appetite for the conclusion. ― Kirkus Starred Review
The siege of Calais and pirate ships spell new dangers for the Essex Dogs as the Hundred Years' War rages on in the gripping trilogy from the popular historian and broadcaster ― Waterstones, Best Books for October
A rousing story of the Hundred Years War, the first in a projected trilogy . . . Vivid characterizations and a strain of black humor add to the pointed drama . . . Brutal, graphic, and gory, the battle scenes viscerally hurl the reader into the heat of 14th-century combat. It's good to know these Dogs will howl again. ― Publishers Weekly
Weaves a fast-moving, human story, following the fortunes of a company of ordinary English soldiers... very authentic ― Historical Novel Review
