Agincourt

The greatest writer of historical adventures today Washington Posttackles his richest most thrilling subject yetthe heroic tale of <strong>Agincourt</strong>. Y... » 

The greatest writer of historical adventures today Washington Posttackles his richest most thrilling subject yetthe heroic tale of Agincourt. Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed pasthaunted by what he hasfailed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England he isdriven to fight as a mercenary archer in France where he finds two things hecan love his instincts as a fighting man and a girl in trouble. Together theysurvive the notorious massacre at Soissons an event that shocks allChristendom. With no options left Hook heads home to England where hiscapture means certain death. Instead he is discovered by the young King ofEnglandHenry V himselfand by royal command he takes up the longbow againand dons the cross of Saint George. Hook returns to France as part of thesuperb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. But after theEnglish campaign suffers devastating early losses it becomes clear that Hookand his fellow archers are their kings last resort in a desperate fightagainst an enemy more daunting than they could ever have imagined. One ofthe most dramatic victories in British history the battle of Agincourtimmortalized by Shakespeare in Henry Vpitted undermanned and overwhelmedEnglish forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out ofHenrys hands. Here Bernard Cornwell resurrects the legend of the battle andthe band of brothers who fought it on October 25 1415. An epic ofredemption Agincourt follows a commoner a king and a nations entire armyon an improbable mission to test the will of God and reclaim what is rightfullytheirs. From the disasters at the siege of Harfleur to the horrors of the fieldof Agincourt this exhilarating story of survival and slaughter is at once abrilliant work of history and a triumph of imaginationBernard Cornwell at hisbest. «