false<![CDATA[Azincourt]]>327601216Bernard Cornwell has been thinking about this subject for years. He has long wanted to write a book about a single battle, the events that lead up to it, the actual days in the battle and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints.
Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the 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. This was a weapon developed in this form only by the English - parishes were forced to train boys from as young as eight daily - and enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century.
Lively historical characters abound on all sides but in Bernard Cornwell's hands the fictional characters, horsemen, archers, nobles, peasants are authentic and vivid, and the hour by hour view of the battle is dramatic and gripping. 3312295book1102008Azincourttotal:541|5:135|4:244|3:128|2:22|1:12|541209185416748falsefalseWed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009Sun Feb 08 14:47:26 -0800 2009Thu Feb 12 06:25:23 -0800 2009 Cornwell is a master of captured the drama of history from different perspective and making the story come alive. And in that, he's very successful here. It's clear he's done his research and knows h...more...]]>
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Shakespeare immortalized Agincourt in his historical play, King Henry V, through the eyes of England's king. Although King Henry still makes some prominent appearances, Agincourt examines this battle from the perspective of a common soldier. Critics agreed that the nonstop action and gory violence m...more...]]>
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I had no idea how important this battle was, and the fact that the longbow played such an important role made it unique.
It wasn't just numbers, but skill and Cornwe...more...]]>
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