Agincourt

a novel

Hardcover, 451 pages

English language

Published June 2, 2009 by Harper.

ISBN:
978-0-06-157891-5
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OCLC Number:
272354545

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A fugitive English forester and mercenary defender saves young novitiate Melisande and, defending himself from a vengeance-seeking rapist priest and Melisande's father, finds himself slogging his way to Agincourt as an archer in King Henry V's army.

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I am a fan of Cornwell, having read all of the Saxon Tales series except the latest release. This was my first foray into a standalone work of his and I was quite pleased with his fictionalization of the Battle of Agincourt. While I agree with fellow Goodreaders that Cornwell overused certain phrases, slang, and curses throughout the book, I thought that his depiction of combat, the mechanics of the English longbow, and his attention to detail regarding late-medieval armor, weaponry, and wartime logistics were spot on. He also admits in the the afterword that he studied the likes of John Keegan's Face of Battle and several serious and notable scholars of both the Battle of Agincourt and fifteenth century European warfare.

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Subjects

  • Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415 -- Fiction
  • Soldiers -- Fiction
  • Great Britain -- History -- Henry V, 1413-1422 -- Fiction