<p>&quot;Full of thrills, battles, adventures, turns and twists, and great characters that are true to the mind-set of their period.&quot; -<em>Historical Novels Review</em></p><p>&quot;Aitcheson skillfully blends history and fiction... Those who enjoy Bernard Cornwell's books will also revel in the historical details and derring-do.&quot; -<em>Library Journal</em></p><p>Autumn 1071. Five bloody years after the Battle of Hastings, only a desperate band of rebels in the marshes of eastern England stands between the Normans and absolute conquest.</p><p>But the campaign is stalling as the Normans, under King William, are thwarted in their efforts to assault the insurgents' island stronghold. With morale collapsing, the king turns to Tancred, a proud and ambitious knight and an experienced leader of men, to deliver him the victory that will crush the rebellions once and for all.</p><p>For Tancred, this is the opportunity he has been waiting for: a chance to restore his dwindling fortunes and to make his name. Fulfilling his duty to the king, however, may cost him everything he has fought so hard to gain.</p><p>The gripping third novel in James Aitcheson's Conquest series, <em>Knights of the Hawk</em>is a lightning-paced tale of battle and betrayal, vengeance and redemption, set amid the fury and the chaos of the Norman Conquest of England.</p>