John Hawkwood is a fascinating character from history. A 14th century English mercenary, he terrorised the Italian countryside and its city states for over 30 years. His extremely interesting and very eventful life is described in Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman by Frances Stonor Saunders, which I read recently.
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