The Sir John Hawkwood Series

The true story of a man who began as an archer at Crécy and who became a knight at Poitiers. It chronicles a man who became the most famous of Condottiero. Sir John Hawkwood was a spy for King Richard II and fought both for and against the Pope. His White Company shaped Italy and decided which men would rule. A wide-ranging series it travels from England to France and thence to Italy where Sir John Hawkwood marries the daughter of the Duke of Milan and becomes the most powerful warlord in Italy, some would say Europe.