Agincourt: The Story of a Battle
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A small English expeditionary force in Northern France battling to reach the coast before being cut off by an enemy superior in numbers and equipment; a victory plucked from the jaws of a seemingly certain defeat - this story is familiar in the twentieth century. It is also the story of Agincourt in the fifteenth.The distinguished historical novelist Rosemary Hawley Jarman here recreates the whole of the brief, foolhardy expedition mounted by a twenty-eight-year-old English king determined to regain the realm across the Channel he believed was his by right. The siege of Harfleur, the ravages of disease, the gradual encirclement, the decision to break out and march through hostile territory to Calais: all lead up to the rainy dawn of 25 October 1415 - St Crispin's Day - when the ragged, hungry English came face-to-face with a mighty and magnificently accoutred French army and won one of the most overwhelming victories in the chronicles of war.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:144561975X
ISBN13:9781445619750
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:Amberley Publishing
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"
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Excellent depiction of the Battle of Agincourt
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Ms. Jarman has written an extremely well researched book which details the events leading up to, the actual battle, and the aftermath of the engagement between the English and French at Agincourt during the Hundred Years War. This is but one of the three major defeats infilicted upon the French during the Hundred Years War. The book is highly readable and does not require an extensive foreknowledge of the historical period in order to be enjoyed. I highly recommend it to all students interested in the military history of the period.
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