1415: Henry V's Year of Glory

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Product Number: CX4037
Released: 01 Oct, 2019
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781528876759
Narrator(s): James Cameron Stewart
Publisher: W F Howes
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Henry V is regarded as the great English hero, lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice. But what was he really like? In this ground-breaking book, Ian Mortimer portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign. Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did. At the centre of the narrative is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agincourt: a slaughter ground intended not to advance England’s interests directly but to demonstrate God’s approval of Henry’s royal authority on both sides of the Channel. The result is a fascinating reappraisal of Henry which brings to the fore many unpalatable truths, as well as the king’s extraordinary courage and leadership qualities.

Author(s): Ian Mortimer
Original Publish Date: 01 Oct, 2019

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Author(s): Ian Mortimer
Narrator(s): James Cameron Stewart
Product Number MPCD3012
Released: 01 Oct, 2019
Business Term: Purchase
Publisher: W F Howes
ISBN: #9781528876766

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"1415 was a year of religious persecution, personal suffering and one horrendous battle. This is the story of that year, as seen over the shoulder of its most cold-hearted, most ambitious and most celebrated hero. “Ian Mortimer's 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory is compelling, exuberant and erudite - combining the vivid drama of medieval character and battle with the vigour of revisionist history.” SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, author of Young Stalin. “Mortimer creates a new and convincing likeness of medieval England's most iconic king.” SUNDAY TIIMES “Mortimer is a good historian, and his account of Henry V and of Agincourt is well worth having.” LITERARY REVIEW “Bold...new and unexpected.” THE ECONOMIST “Ian Mortimer... has virtually single-handedly put medieval history back in the hands of ordinary readers, combining scrupulous research with a wonderfully iconoclastic approach to storytelling.” DAILY TELEGRAPH The celebrated and bestselling medieval biographer turns his pen to King Henry V and the legendary Battle of Agincourt."

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