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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
My advice: Read this book This is how history should be written. I really enjoyed this book and was sorely disappointed when I got to the end and had no more pages to go. I loved Tom Holland's Rubicon and am currently very much enjoying Francis Pryor's Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans but Juliet Barker has a wonderful way of creating history in full colour. I now have a real sense of the chivalric mindset and the character of Henry V. I also loved the details such as the bills for the equipment and... more info
Epic history told in a masterly way The sign of a great history book is when you are able to cast new light on a well known story. Agincourt does exactly that. There isn't necessarily a lot of new material here, but instead Juliet Barker really brings to life the men and women on campaign. She also does an excellent job of showing how the battle was really an accident after a rather average siege of Harfleur. Had the battle not taken place Henry V might well have become a rather obscure English King but because he wanted to do battle... more info
a must read Very readable and extremely well researched book. Juliet Barker delivers a fascinating and compelling read that will keep the reader interested through out. The prequel to the battle, the battle itself and the aftermath are written with enough insight and fact, the reader would believe the battle took place 100 years ago and not 500 years, indeed there is a poignant reminder that the area has witnessed so much bloodshed over the years. A must read.
One of the Most Famous Battles in English History
I found this an extremely entertaining account of the battle of Agincourt. Not something you can say about a lot of historical tomes. The author gives a compelling account of the actual battle. So much so that the smell of the horses, the blood and gore and all the other noxious smells that are part and parcel of a battlefield seem to pervade the readers nostrils. However the account is not just about the battle itself but also about the participants particularly the English King, scheming... more info
