Rage of SwordsThe thrilling new historical adventure in the Master of War series. Sir Thomas Blackstone must travel into enemy lands with a price on his head as he seeks to secure alliances and gold for the Plantagenets' war with France. 1368. Amidst the Hundred Years' War, alliances must be brokered. The Duke of Clarence, second son of King Edward III, journeys from Paris to marry the daughter of the powerful Lord of Milan. Little does he know that he is heading

When another body turns up

But as chaos engulfs the court

'Maitland is a superlative historical novelist' REBECCA MASCULL

In the midst of his adventures

A compelling

Mullet is innocent

rebellion and adventure – Danae is a heroine I’d follow anywhere' Jess Popplewell

Quirky and utterly captivating

the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly

Goose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont

during the Great Depression

and his wealthy father seems fuelled by anger