``Another exciting page-turner by Mel Starr.
Among those on the road is Sir Simon Trillowe, Hugh\'s old nemes.
He wishes his surgeon--Hugh de Singleton--to travel with the war party to tend any injuries.
He beautifully depicts the sounds, sights and smells, as well as the emotions, of the medieval world in this welcome addition to his long-running series.``--Jill Dalladay, author of The Abbess of Whitby Lord Gilbert Talbot must provide soldiers for Prince Edward\'s battle in France. ``Another exciting page-turner by Mel Starr