PublishedW H Allen, August 2016 |
ISBN9780753555460 |
FormatSoftcover, 352 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.6cm × 2.2cm |
A definitive account of the iconic battle, uniquely structured over 24 hours of a single shocking day - a day that changed history
Agincourt was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general.;;King Henry V's exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they faced a far larger French army. What was to take place in the following 24 hours, it seemed only the miraculous intervention of God could explain.;;Interlacing eyewitness accounts, background chronicle and documentary sources with a new interpretation of the battle's onset, acclaimed military historian Michael Jones takes the reader into the heart of this extraordinary feat of arms.
