Michael Livingston

Agincourt (eBook, ePUB)

Battle of the Scarred King

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD

'It's quite a feat to write an account of England's most famous battle that makes the reader feel like they're experiencing history that is fresh, new and exhilarating.' Dan Snow

This groundbreaking study by Mike Livingston, as featured on History Hit's Agincourt, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great victory.

From Shakespeare's 'band of brothers' speech to its appearances in numerous films, Agincourt rightfully has a place among a handful of conflicts whose names are immediately recognized around the world. Renowned medieval historian Mike Livingston provides a new look at this famous battle, with a foreword by world famous historic novelist Bernard Cornwell.

Agincourt takes us back to the original sources, including the French battle plan that still survives today, to give a new interpretation, one that challenges the traditional site of the battlefield itself. It is a thrilling new history that not only rewrites the battle as we know it, but also provides fresh insights into the men who fought and died there.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472855190
• Artikelnr.: 68445476

Autorenporträt

Dr Michael Livingston teaches the military and cultural history of the Middle Ages at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. He recently co-authored the textbook reader Medieval Warfare, and future works include books on the battles of Hastings and Shrewsbury. These add to previous books The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook, winner of the 2017 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History, Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021), and Crécy: Battle of Five Kings (Osprey, 2021). He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword List of Illustrations List of Maps Introduction: We Happy Few PART ONE: TWO BEGINNINGS 1. Shrewsbury and Scars
21 July 1403 2. Assassination and Madness
13 June 1392 PART TWO: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR 3. Crécy and the Model Glory
1337-77 4. Young Kings
1377-99 5. Civil Wars
1399-1415 PART THREE: THE AGINCOURT CAMPAIGN 6. The Siege of Harfleur
13 August-22 September 7. Edward's Footsteps
23 September-15 October 8. Days of Desperation
16-23 October PART FOUR: LOCATING AGINCOURT 9. Finding Agincourt 10. Reaching Agincourt
24 October 11. Testing the Tradition PART FIVE: THE BATTLE 12. The Morning
25 October 13. The Battle
25 October 14. The Days After
1415-22 Suggested Reading and Acknowledgements Endnotes Index