I'm familiar with Christian Cameron through his Tom Swan series, and the Chivalry series shares a lot of DNA with it. Lots of battles, politics, marching back and forth, chivalry, arms and armor. It's great stuff, and I haven't found anyone that does truly authentic historical fiction better than Cameron.

The main character, William Gold, is pretty similar to Tom Swan - both are English, from modest beginnings, fairly well-educated, a bit of a blank slate for the events going on around them. William Gold is definitely his own character, with struggles and motivations of his own, for sure, but like Tom Swan he's really just a vehicle to move the reader through some of the most important events of the era. It's done really well. Would this group of soldiers have had such important roles in so many different events in real life? Maybe not, but Cameron makes it seem plausible and you're never taken out of the story because of it.

Cameron's biggest strength is his battles and descriptions of arms and amors, and that continues here. He's a trained Medievalist and it shows - knights feel like tanks and can cut through unarmored men like butter. One sword blow against steel armor isn't taking a knight down like in video games. It's visceral and gritty and violent, fast-paced and really readable. Highly recommended for any historical fiction fan.