24 Hours at Agincourt: 25 October 1415

by Michael Jones

Overview

"Jean de Croy had sworn a remarkable pact with 18 of his fellow knights: they would fight as a body and kill the English king, or die in the attempt. And so they did—launching themselves at the English line. Croy and all 18 of these knights were killed in fierce fighting, but not before they had got close enough to the king to strike repeated blows on his battle helmet, one of them severely damaging the crown that was welded to it—so that two of its rubies were smashed off."

 Michael Jones brings the iconic battle vividly to life, drawing on countless authentic eyewitness accounts to showcase both sides of the conflict in a panoramic tour-de-force.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780753555460
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Michael Jones is a writer, battlefield tour guide, and media presenter. He is a member of the British Commission for Military History and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of Bosworth 1485, the coauthor, with Philippa Gregory, of The Women of the Cousins' War, and the coauthor with Philippa Langley of The King's Grave: The Search for Richard III. He has discussed Agincourt on the History Channel series Warriors.

Editorial Reviews

"A blow-by-blow account of one of our greatest military triumphs . . . Michael Jones has reconstructed the battle in fascinating detail." —Daily Express


"A convincing narrative of how and why Henry V turned his army into a band of brothers and won Agincourt against all odds." —Tim Clayton


"Fascinating . . . with eye-witness accounts from both sides, at every stage of the battle, this amounts to a brilliant history book." —Historical Novel Society

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