John Buchan 
Path of the King [EPUB ebook] 

If you ever read one book by John Buchan this should be it, an often overlooked masterpiece of historical fiction. The Path of the King, offers a tapestry of historical episodes, from the blood soaked spears of Viking battlefields to the industrial slaughter of the American Civil War, we trace the idea of kingliness and whether the highborn hold the only chance of true nobility and honour.