Surprisingly, it's the first English-language depiction of the battle in a novel in a century.īernard Cornwell is the go-to guy if you want rousing and entertaining military history. But the French refuse to give battle, forcing Henry to march up the coast.and a confrontation with the vastly larger French army at wooded vale called Azincourt.Īzincourt (Agincourt is the English rendition of the name) is a historical novel depicting the epic Battle of Agincourt, regarded as an important turning point in the Hundred Years' War and the development of medieval warfare, with the supremacy of the English longbow confirmed (though, arguably, battles such as Crecy established this many years earlier). Using Soissons as a demonstration of French brutality to inflame his troops (now including Hook), he embarks on the siege of Harfleur.
Back in England, King Henry V means to pursue his claim to the French throne. He is at Soissons when the French retake the city from the Burgundians and brutally sack it in such a violent manner that all of Europe is shocked.
The feud eventually sees Hook declared an outlaw, and he flees to France to fight as a mercenary. Nicholas Hook is a forester and archer involved in a bitter feud with a rival family, the Perrils.
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