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Lion Hearts by Dan Jones

Lion Hearts

Essex Dogs #3

by Dan Jones

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  • Sep 2025, 448 pages
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The epic conclusion to the Essex Dogs trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling historian.

1353. The Hundred Years' War erupts again, and the band of brothers known as the Essex Dogs are thrown into the fray once more. The Black Death rages as the characters' fates are decided in this thrilling, merciless, blood-soaked finale.

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"It's worth the wait to see the reunited Dogs… Jones scores again with this highly entertaining, impeccably researched adventure.-" —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Though the campaigns in France are in abeyance, there is plenty of action, told with Jones's usual verve and scholarly accuracy. A worthy conclusion to a fine trilogy." —Historical Novel Society

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Dan Jones Author Biography

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Dan Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of Powers and Thrones, Crusaders, The Templars, The Plantagenets, Wars of the Roses, and Magna Carta, as well as the novel Essex Dogs. He is the host of the podcast This is History: A Dynasty to Die For and has produced, written, and presented dozens of TV shows, including the popular Netflix series Secrets of Great British Castles.

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