Lost legend of the Thryberg Hawk : the mystery crossbow boy who saved the fortunes of York at the battle of Towton / Jack Holroyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holroyd, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485--Fiction.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Fiction, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marksmanship skills honed to perfection, driven by necessity and desperation, Edmund Hawksworth hunted with his crossbow to keep his ailing mother alive, only to have her die in his arms. Deserted by his father who had left to fight the Lancastrian cause, the embittered and determined lad set out on a mission of vengeance and became embroiled in the bitter struggle for the throne of England between the Houses of Lancaster and York. There were those in 1461 who avowed that Edmund had been divinely chosen and anointed to be the Avenger of Righteous Blood - something the boy himself never claimed

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Prologue: Ere Comes the Dawn on St Ethelreda's Day; Chapter 1: Anointing of The Avenger; Chapter 2: Hog-Drive at Michaelmastide and Broken Eggs; Chapter 3: A Swan Argent Ducaly Gorged and Chained; Chapter 4: Blooding of the Avenger and A Bride's Forfeit; Chapter 5: Flower of Craven and A Blow to the Hawk; Chapter 6: Lancaster Victorious and A Bacele of Hard Riders; Chapter 7: Arrival of the Wasps and 'Snort' and 'Grunt'; Chapter 8: The Final Muster and The 'Againrising'; Chapter 9: Seven Shields of Lancaster - Die Schraubedes Silbers

Chapter 10: Skirmish at Robin Hood's Well and Bridger's EndChapter 11: Pontefract Castle and The Battle of Ferrybridge; Chapter 12: Clifford - Desormais Déjeuner avecle Diable; Chapter 13: Palm Sunday Field 1461 Ante Meridiem; Chapter 14: Palm Sunday Field, 1461 - Post Meridiem; Epilogue: The Heretic Shall Burnon St Ethelreda's Day; Appendices; The Wars of the Roses; Family Tree of Edward III; Fifteenth century suit of armour; Selection of fifteenth century weapons; Bibliography; History Trail - Conisbrough to Towton

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4738-3927-0

1-4738-3856-8