| Edition |
First Fourth Estate edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-381) and index. |
| Contents |
The fourteenth century: ways to die -- Ways to live -- Bad company -- Avignon, whore of France -- Sons of Belial -- Italia mia -- Betrayal -- Naked force -- Vipers of Milan -- State of decline -- The road to Rome -- The first estate -- Overeating -- Undereating -- Virtue's shame -- How to get to heaven -- Florence -- Bloody saints -- Freedom fighters -- Anathema -- Cardinal vices -- From massacre to marriage -- The other woman -- Schism -- Stories from Troy -- Neapolitan question -- Viper swallows viper -- The wheel of fortune -- The last campaign -- Final audit -- The greatest glory -- What remains -- Pale hore, pale rider. |
| Subject |
Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394.
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Mercenary troops -- Biography.
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Italy -- History, Military -- 1268-1559.
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| ISBN |
006077729X: $25.95 |
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