Master Of War: The Blooding

Young Thomas Blackstone is forced to take his great bow and head off to war. It is either that or hang. And a great war it is – what we now call the hundred-years war. He is blooded, quite literally, on the killing field of Crecy.
In this book we get brutal medieval warfare, the horror of the black death, and a surprisingly good love story as we follow Thomas on his journey from a callow teenage archer to a feared and fearsome warlord.
Gilman obviously did a lot of research and gives a rich picture of the life, politics, and combat of the time. Good book; I will continue the series.