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Welcome to bicorn.co.uk - the website of Bicorn Books, publisher of the Ties of Blood Peninsular War Novels, written by Peter Youds.
2008 marked the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Peninsular War, a conflict which cost hundreds of thousands of lives, soldiers and civilians alike - what Napoleon described as "The Spanish Ulcer".
Ties of Blood is an ambitious eight-book series which tells the gripping story of this hugely significant period in European history through the adventures of an impressive cast of characters, both real and imagined.
Peter has set out on a bold oddyssey which will see each of the books appearing close to the anniversary of the key event it describes, year on year, leading all the way to the final drama of the Battle of Waterloo!
Peter's aim is to bring the truly amazing stories of the war to life in a way that is fun for the reader, tells a tale, but also in a manner that touches on the genuine history of this fascinating period.
This site is intended to help visitors learn more about the Ties of Blood series, but also to interest them in the the times, both military and political, behind the books (as well as other interesting bits such as how the people lived, the food they ate, health, how they dressed, their relationships, words, Spain and Portugal , more books you can read - and so on).
ALONE WITH GLORY is the first in the series and was published 30 October 2008.
THE COLOUR OF BLOOD was published 28 July 2009.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR will follow in summer 2010.