Honour
And The Sword
(The
Chevalier #1)
It is 1636 - the height of the Thirty Years War, one of the
bloodiest and most destructive conflicts Europe has ever seen. As the
campaigning season begins, the Spanish armies swell out of the Artois region of
the Netherlands – flooding into King Louis XIII's France.
The sleepy border village of Dax-en-roi stands in their way.
Facing the overwhelming might of the Spanish forces, the Chevalier de Roland
rallies a valiant defence, but in vain – his household guard no match for the
invaders. There is only one survivor as the Roland estate is razed to the
ground, one soul who escapes the Spanish brutality: the lone heir to the Roland
name, the son, a young boy by the name of André de Roland, the new Sieur of Dax
. . .
Upon this young nobleman's shoulders all hope lies. He alone must bear
the honour of the Roland name and, with it, the fate of his people.
In the
Name of the King
(The
Chevalier #2)
1640, and the pall of war hangs over France . . .
The young Chevalier de Roland has scarcely set foot in the city
before he crosses swords with a cruel nobleman to defend a young woman's
honour. Too late he learns he has stumbled on a conspiracy within the King's
own household to seize power by secret alliance with Spain. Accused of treason
and forced to flee into hiding, André must fight on alone, staking both his
life and his honour in the battle to save France.
In the Name of the King is an epic swashbuckling pageturner that sweeps
from the political intrigues of Cardinal Richelieu to the great battlefields of
the Thirty Years War.
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