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The Sunday Times bestseller, BBC History 2022 Book of the Year and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick from Dan Jones. July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the…

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1 author picked Essex Dogs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Essex Dogs sucked me into 14th Century France during the Hundred Years War.

It immersed me into the horrid nature of slash-‘em-up warfare at the time and the comradeship of these battled-hardened soldiers.

I not only learned some of that particular history at that particular battle but also rooted for the Dogs and their survival against all odds and for this war, a war that would ultimately forge a kingdom.

As with many war stories, this is told mostly from the POV of the lowly foot soldier; I was one. And rightly so! 

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