An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist.
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet: the heroic tale of Agincourt.
Written by the world's leading expert on the battle, this book shows just why it has occupied such a key place in English identity and history in the six centuries since it was fought, exploring a cultural legacy that stretches from bowmen ...
Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history of weaponry.
I Agincourt følger vi Nicholas Hook, en bueskytter som ofte befant seg i trøbbel hjemme i England, men som ble en av Henry Vs beste krigere. Bernard Cornwell kalles mesteren av historiske romaner, med mer enn 20 millioner solgte bøker.
. .Sir Ranulph Fiennes explains how his own ancestors were key players through the centuries of turbulent Anglo-French history that led up to Agincourt, and he uses his experience as expedition leader and soldier to give us a fresh ...
Christopher Hibbert's wonderfully concise account draws on the unusual number of contemporary sources available to historians to describe in lucid detail not only what happened, but how it happened.
Latest title, destined to be the Agincourt sourcebook for years to come, in the Warfare in History: Sources and Interpretations series.
For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This lavishly illustrated history re-tells the story of the battle and Henry V's Normandy campaign from the perspective of the commander of the ...
On the eve of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Azincourt comes three classic battle books of The Hundred Years War by the bestselling master of historical fiction, Bernard Cornwell, in one three-book collection for the first time.
Fate would bring an unexpected outcome however, and the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, is remembered as one of the most amazing battles of medieval Europe.