Contents

Epigraph

Prologue

Part One

BRITTANY

IT WAS WINTER

THOMAS CROUCHED

THOMAS WAS AWAKENED

THERE WAS A FUSS

QUATRE VENTS

THE CITY’S COCKERELS

Part Two

NORMANDY

THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON

PERHAPS THOMAS WAS LUCKY

NEXT MORNING

ELEANOR HAD BEEN

Part Three

CRÉCY

THE WHOLE ENGLISH ARMY

THE ENGLISH WAITED

IF A PLUM WAS THROWN

Historical Note

About the Author

Praise

Other Books by Bernard Cornwell

Copyright

About the Publisher