Tough English mercenaries fighting in the bitter and bloody wars of XIV century France. A roistering, devil-may-care time brought vividly to life.
Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya.