Agincourt was an astonishing clash of arms, a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general.
King Henry V’s exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they faced a far larger French army.
A blow-by-blow account of one of our greatest military triumphs ... Michael Jones has reconstructed the battle in fascinating detail.
A convincing narrative of how and why Henry V turned his army into a band of brothers and won Agincourt against all odds.
Fascinating ... with eye-witness accounts from both sides, at every stage of the battle, this amounts to a brilliant history book’
In his hour-by-hour account of the battle Michael Jones has created a vivid evocation
Jones succeeds admirably in presenting an absorbing and thorough account of this most iconic of medieval engagements ... accessible and authoritative.
Michael Jones was awarded a PhD in history by Bristol University and subsequently taught at the University of Glasgow and Winchester College. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the British Commission for Military History and works now as a writer, media consultant and presenter. Amongst his historical titles he has written on the battles of Bosworth, Stalingrad and Leningrad and co-authored
The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III. He was a consultant on Channel 4’s
Battle of Agincourt and The History Channel’s
Warriors.