Iron Lover

by Gardner Francis Fox

This is the stormy, heroic saga of Sir John Hawkwood who created the notorious White Company and became the most feared conqueror of 14th Century Europe - all because of a woman.

From the moment young Hawkwood set eyes on the dark, fiery beauty of Donnina Visconti, he knew he would love her for the rest of his life.

But he was a penniless adventurer, and she was the duaghter of the richest most powerful man in Italy.

To win her became his driving passion, For her, he became a knight, built an army and stormed the mightiest kingdoms of Italy.

175 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic book historians estimate that he wrote more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics.
Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!"

Pseudonyms: Gardner F. Fox, Jefferson Cooper, Bart Sommers, Paul Dean, Ray Gardner, Lynna Cooper, Rod Gray, Larry Dean, Robert Starr, Don Blake, Ed Blake, Warner Blake, Michael Blake, Tex Blane, Willis Blane, Ed Carlisle, Edgar Weston, Tex Slade, Eddie Duane, Simon Majors, James Kendricks, Troy Conway, Kevin Matthews, Glen Chase

Reviews

[Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good historical fiction filled with action and adventure. The fictional story of Sir John Hawkwood who raised himself from a tanner’s son to a knight and the leader of The White Company who fought mainly throughout Italy in the multiple city states wars.