24 HOURS AT AGINCOURT

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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 coauthored The Kings Grave: The Search for Richard III. He was a consultant on Channel 4s Battle of Agincourt and The History Channels Warriors.Agincourt was an astonishing clash of arms a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years War and the history of warfare in general.King Henry Vs exhausted troops were preparing for certain defeat as they faced a far larger French army. What was to take place in the following 24 hours it seemed only the miraculous intervention of God could explain.Interlacing eyewitness accounts background chronicle and documentary sources with a new interpretation of the battles onset acclaimed military historian Michael Jones takes the reader into the heart of this extraordinary feat of arms.A blowbyblow 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 eyewitness accounts from both sides at every stage of the battle this amounts to a brilliant history bookIn his hourbyhour account of the battle Michael Jones has created a vivid evocationJones succeeds admirably in presenting an absorbing and thorough account of this most iconic of medieval engagements ... accessible and authoritative.

Data Publikacji: 2016-08-04
Wymiary: 253 gr