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This is a collection of books VII, VIII, IX, and X of Martin Archer’s exciting and action-packed novels in The Company of Archers saga about a serf who rose to become the captain of what was left of a company of crusading English archers—and what happened to him and his men after he led the survivors of his company back to the dangerous and brutal land of medieval England. The first book in this saga is entitled The Archers. A collection of the complete first six books of the saga is available as The Archers’ Story. The latest book in the saga, The Captain’s Men, is also now ...

This is an exciting and action-packed novella from Martin Archer's great saga about Cornwall's Company of Archers. The books of this exciting saga are available on Amazon as e-books and in print. The first book in the series is "The Archer." It is also available in a collection of the first six books entitle "The Archers Story: part I"

This is a the sixth book in the exciting saga of an Englishman who rose during the turbulent years following the death King Richard. It is action-packed historical fiction about medieval life and the constant warfare of the Middle Ages during England's feudal times after Richard the lionhearted. More specifically, it is the sixth novel in Martin Archer's epic feudal saga about the English farmer who rose to be the captain of a company of English Archers in Medieval England. Richard has died and John is to be crowned king in his place. There is action and excitement as Pope Innocent III ...

The saga continues and the stakes have never been higher. Following the death of King Richard, medieval England is torn by war, power struggles, and the rise of men who refuse to remain in the mud they were born into. William and his English archers once mere serfs have become a force feared on land and sea. Fresh from escorting the emperor and his courtiers to safety, and tricking them out of their gold, William’s fleet returns to Constantinople now under siege. But this time, the battle is not for land, loyalty, or crowns… it is for treasure so valuable it could buy kingdoms. A three-...

Swords clash, arrows fly, and nobles and churchmen are cleverly gulled out of their coins in this thrilling continuation of Cornwall's Company of Archers saga. Witty, bold, and full of cunning, this installment will delight fans of historical action—Harry Flashman would approve, while the politically correct may bristle. Set in medieval England in the turbulent years following King Richard’s crusade, William and his battle-hardened survivors, along with new recruits, raid Tunis on their way back to the Holy Land. But when captured fellow archers are held for ransom, the Company diverts ...

Arrows fly, swords clash, nobles and church men are gulled out of their coins, and the French and Venetians are successfully blamed for things they did not do. This is another book, and one of the very best, in Martin Archer's exciting and action-packed saga of Cornwall's Company of Archers at the dawn of Britain’s military supremacy and the beginning of its great merchant companies. It is an enjoyable and sometimes witty read that sticks pins into the church and nobility along the way. The on-going saga of the Company of Archers is set in dangerous and gritty feudal England during a time...

The United States appears to be on the verge of going to war in the near future. This is an action-packed novel about what might happen to America's soldiers and Marines when it does. It is a rewritten and updated version of an earlier Martin Archer novel entitled "War in the East."

This is another of the good reads in the exciting and action-packed Company of Archers saga about an English villager who rose to become the captain of a company of English archers and fought his way to riches beyond his wildest dreams—and forever changed medieval and modern England. The other books in this exciting medieval saga about an Englishman who fought his way to wealth and power are also available on Kindle and in print. They can be found on Amazon and Kindle. Search for Martin Archer books.

The year is 1203 and John has succeeded Richard the Lionhearted as England's king. That's when Thomas is captured while trying to deliver a letter from the Pope to the crusaders gathering to once again try to liberate Jerusalem from the Saracens. The gritty realities of the time and the fighting, action, and betrayal are continuous as William takes his archers and galleys to Constantinople in an effort to rescue him.

This is another of Martin Archer's exciting and sometimes witty stories from the medieval days when Britain was just beginning to become the world's greatest military and commercial power. It is the story of what really happened in those early days as Britain began its rise to greatness despite having to cope with climate change because the world was getting colder. It also offers some insights as to why some members of today's royal family periodically have red hair. It is the summer of 1336. Ten years earlier in 1326 Queen Isabella's supporters defeated King Edward II and his lover Hugh ...

This is another epic novel in the great saga of The Company of English Archers, the archers who accompanied England's King Richard on his crusade and struggled to return to England when Richard abandoned his army and fled. In the course of trying return home, the company's handful of survivors, now led by a serf from Kent, took to the sea and ended up founding a great action-oriented shipping empire whose war galleys and men affected Medieval England's great and brutal game of thrones. It is the year 1216. The Moors and Christians are fighting for control of Spain, the Church is corrupt, ...

Arrows fly, swords clash, nobles and churchmen are gulled out of their coins, and the French and Venetians are successfully blamed for things they did not do. The Venetian Gambit is another story in Martin Archer’s great action-packed saga about Cornwall’s Company of Archers, a free company that began operating armed transports and shipping posts at the dawn of Britain’s military supremacy and the beginning of its great merchant companies. It is an enjoyable and sometimes witty read that sticks pins into the Church and nobility along the way. It is the year 1219. George Courtenay and ...

This is a collection of the three most recent books in Martin Archer's exciting saga of Cornwall's Company of Archers at the dawn of Britain's rise as a military and merchant powerhouse. The action is non-stop as arrows fly, swords clash, women are bedded, nobles and churchmen are gulled out of their coins, and the French and Venetians are blamed for things they did not do. Medieval times were a real life game of thrones because there was little else to do. Harry Flashman and certain of today's people would have prospered in them.

This is the best and longest story yet in this great saga of medieval England. King John and Prince Louis of France both claim the English throne after the Magna Carta is signed; Thomas is captured by Louis and held for ransom; and William is shipwrecked on the coast of Moorish Spain with a new woman. This is a story about the wars for the English throne that will delight the fans of Cornwell, Hosker, C.S. Forester, George Martin, and all the other great writers of historical fiction.

The exciting saga of the serf who rose to be the captain of a company of English longbow archers in medieval England continues. Anne is avenged and the king and his barons are surprised as arrows fly, knights and barons go down, and kings and churchmen are gulled when William and his lieutenants attempt to sell the priceless religious relics the company "rescued" when Constantinople was being sacked by the crusaders.

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Anne is killed, vengeance is exacted, and arrows fly, when William and his company of archers conduct cutting-out expeditions to take French and Moorish prizes and search for the priceless religious relics that were seized amidst the fighting and taken from Constantinople while it was being sacked by the crusaders. It is another of Martin Archer's exciting and action-packed novels in his epic "The Company of Archers" saga about a serf who rose to become the captain of what was left of a company of crusading English archers—and what happens to him and his men after he leads the survivors ...

Arrows fly, swords clash, nobles and churchmen are gulled out of their coins, and the French and Venetians are successfully blamed for things they did not do. This a collection of three complete books from Martin Archer’s great action-packed saga about Cornwall’s Company of Archers, a free company that began operating armed transports and shipping posts at the dawn of Britain’s military supremacy and the beginning of its great merchant companies. It is an enjoyable and sometimes witty read that sticks pins into the Church and nobility along the way.It is the year 1219. George ...

This is by far the longest book in the series and one of the very best. King Henry is ailing, Prince Edward is crusading in the Holy Land, and England's barons are planning to rise again in a third Barons War in another effort to put one of their own on the throne. The barons' plan is to muster their forces in western Devon and forage in nearby Cornwall because it has no knights and levies to defend it. Proceeding with their plan to forage in Cornwall is a bad decision that results in intense fighting between the barons and the Company of Archers—and an unexpected gambit by the Company's ...

This is an absolutely hilarious novel. You will love it if you enjoyed Jimmy Breslin's "The Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight." If Mel Brooks was alive he would make it into a movie. It is available for a movie screenplay.