Vivid scenes of warfare and the harshness of mediaeval life…the descriptions of Sir Guy’s journey from hopeful youth to weathered witness are imbued with the authenticity of the period’ Historical Novel Society magazine‘This involving story has humour and passion, but also poses questions about the morality of waging war, and the courage necessary to fight in it or to stand against it.’ Good Book Guide‘Will Davenport has written a powerful novel about a journey across Europe in the fourteenth century by a man reviewing his own past and his own sin. The characters are utterly convincing as they struggle with the wild conditions of mediaeval Europe and their own guilts and fears. This is also a time-shift book. The hero's modern descendant is facing her own destiny and is forced to confront the dangers in her own, contemporary society. It is a novel about England and the nature of being English across six centuries which will fascinate any lover of good historical fiction.’ Philippa GregoryPraise for THE PAINTER‘Thrilling resonance between past and present, painting and people’ Tony Parsons‘Exciting, grips the reader’ Evening Press
