24 Hours at Agincourt
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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.
Author: Michael Jones
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 126mm x 198mm, 239 g
Published: 2016, Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Military History
Description
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.
24 Hours at Agincourt