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Tom mentions this as a book his father read to him, featuring the character 'the red ferret' and culminating in the Battle of Poitiers. Conan Doyle considered it better than Sherlock Holmes.

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Mentioned as part of the same series as Sir Nigel, which Arthur Conan Doyle thought was better than Sherlock Holmes.

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Tom describes this as a book he loved as a child that gave a different perspective on the 14th century and the Hundred Years' War, casting it as a period of suffering with mercenaries, pillaging, and the Black Death.

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Mentioned as one of Barbara Tuckman's best-known books about the First World War.

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Mentioned alongside Guns of August as one of Barbara Tuckman's well-known books about the First World War era.

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Dominic references looking at Ian Mortimer's book while discussing Edward III's tournament equipment and personal armorial items.