As night fell in Picardy on Thursday 24 October 1415, Henry V and his
English troops, worn down by their long march in search of a crossing of
the Somme, can only have dreamt that the battle of the next day would be
remembered as one of the most momentous victories ever won.Six hundred
years down the line, the battle of Agincourt still rings through the
centuries. In this stupendous victory English and Welsh archers who
formed the bulk of Henry's army prevailed against large numbers of
French men-at-arms and cavalry. This startling and revisionist history
recreates the campaign and battle from the perspectives of the English.
Acclaimed as one of the best battle accounts ever published, Anne Curry
has updated her classic work in honour of the 600th anniversary of
Agincourt.