Agincourt - Bernard Cornwell (Paperback)

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“THE GREATEST WRITER OF HISTORICAL ADVENTURES TODAY” (WASHINGTON POST) TACKLES HIS RICHEST, MOST THRILLING SUBJECT YET: THE HEROIC TALE OF AGINCOURT.

One of the most dramatic victories in British history, the battle of Agincourt—immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V—pitted undermanned and overwhelmed English forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out of Henry’s hands. Here Bernard Cornwell resurrects the legend of the battle and the “band of brothers” who fought on that fateful October day in 1415. An epic of redemption, Agincourt follows a commoner, a king, and a nation’s entire army on an improbable mission to test the will of God and reclaim what is rightfully theirs—an exhilarating story of survival and slaughter that is, at once, a brilliant work of history and a triumph of imagination.

“Agincourt is classic Cornwell. … A pleasure to read.” — Boston Globe

“Gripping. … Bernard Cornwell leads us into this world with the hypnotic skill of an old seer seated about an ancient campfire.” — Wall Street Journal

“He may well be the best historical novelist writing today—and Agincourt may well be his best novel yet.” — Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Pursuit of Honor