The Black Death

Scheming Dukes, rival land barons and powerful ladies of court all add to the plotting and intrigue of these blade-drawing adventures!
Follow along on a string of Italian-set escapades in the late 1380s loosely inspired by the life of the real soldier-of-fortune Sir John Hawkwood.For the first time in one volume is Marion Polk Angellotti’s complete saga of the English mercenary, collecting the novel, Sir John Hawkwood (Adventure April-July 1911) and eight subsequent short stories that appeared in Adventure between December 1911 and July 1915.

Included are:

• Sir John Hawkwood: A Tale of the White Company in Italy (novel)
• An Intrigue in Padua
• The Poisoned Peril
• The Plot of Signor Salvi
• The Day of All-Fools
• Orders Gray
• The Treason at Castel Guardia
• The Cardinal’s Sack
• The Black Death

Bonus:

• The afterword features a non-fiction piece by the author giving details of how she first learned of Hawkwood on a trip to Florence and what inspired her to write the series.

 

With an introduction by Doug Ellis.

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“The Black Death” is an exciting read of adventure that is sure to entice and keep people reading.”—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW (Five Stars)