Ash: A Secret History
For the beautiful young woman Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. She has fought her way to the command of a mercenary company, and on her unlikely shoulders lies the destiny of a Europe threatened by...
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For the beautiful young woman Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. She has fought her way to the command of a mercenary company, and on her unlikely shoulders lies the destiny of a Europe threatened by the depredations of an Infidel army more terrible than any nightmare.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781857987447 (1857987446)
ASIN: 1857987446
Publish date: February 1st 2001
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 1120
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Steampunk,
Alternate History,
Glbt,
Queer,
Lesbian
Series: Book of Ash (#1)
The historian Pierce Ratcliff discovers long lost manuscripts about Ash a female captain of mercenaries in the late 15th century Europe. The more he translates this work from Latin to today´s English the more he gets convinced that the history of this time period wasn´t like our established records ...
I didn't really like this one and would be happy enough to never read the next in the series but wouldn't refuse it if I got my hands on it. Written as pseudo-history it's okay but not the best read I've had this year. An interesting alternative Joan of Arc story
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