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Tom Swan and the Head of St George

By: Christian Cameron
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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 The complete collection of Tom Swan and the Head of St George - containing parts one through six - chronicling the adventures of a young Englishman across medieval France.

1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive.

He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.©2012 Christian Cameron (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group Action & Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Medieval Renaissance Middle Ages Italy War Crusade
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a real boys dream of adventure in olden days, me 50yrs ago before computers or mobiles, it is very good and humorous, but not as good as tyrant, long war, or chivalry, but I will buy next in series, it's late I drift to sleep of swordfish, sailships, travels to foreign lands, and, oh, beautiful exotic women, and serving girls a plenty.

4.9☆

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Christian's medieval novels are my favourite hisfic of all time, and this one is no exception.

I'm literally lost for what else to say, other than there was not one sentence I didn't hang on. love it!

Superb narration, too.

Absolutely flamin' fantastic!

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Not since I read Dorothy Dunnett have felt so immersed in the extraordinary rich complex world of renaissance Europe. The characters are deep and vivid and the settings rich and varied. Whether buying second clothes (complete with minor bloodstains) in a Venetian market or battling on the deck of a galley on the glowing Mediterranean Sea you can feel the heat of the sun on your face and the taste of blood in your mouth. Flawed heroes, complex villains, honourable foes and female characters as interesting as their male counterparts - the story reeks of humanity. Thrilling, terrifying and humorous in turn. l loved every second of it. Brilliant stuff.

Superb Historical Fiction Narrated Wonderfully.

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Does everything an Historical adventure novel should with great narration by a master. Highly recommended.

Excellent

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This is a complex unfolding adventure written by someone with an intimate knowledge of the period and it’s customs and attitudes, as well as it’s military history. As a trained swordsman himself, Christian Cameron depicts combat of the day better than anyone… and master narrator Peter Noble brings great characterisation, with the laconic and cynical ‘voice’ that one might expect from mercenaries, thieves, spies and self interested princes of the time… superior historical fiction… more please…

A great historical novel

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