Azincourt
Cornwell, Bernard
An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin`s Day, is one of England`s best-known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare`s Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow - a weapon developed by the English which enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century. Bernard Cornwell`s Azincourt is a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well-researched account of this momentous battle and its aftermath. From the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers,...
ISBN: 978-0-00-730446-2
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: август 2011
