About Author: Bernard Cornwell

Description: Bernard Cornwell is author of many novels of historical fiction, including the Sharpe's Rifles series, the Warlord trilogy (a historically plausible account of King Arthur) and the Saxon Chronicles. His latest book, Azincourt, is a New York Times bestselling account that brings new research on the Battle of Agincourt to life.

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Agincourt Part 1: Where Chivalry Died In The Mud

Posted on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
Agincourt is not a tale of chivalry, but rather of armoured men hacking at each other to break limbs and crush skulls. At the battle's height, when Henry V expected an attack on his rear that never materialised, he ordered the newly captured French prisoners to be killed. They were murdered.
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Agincourt Part 2: Where A New Crop Of Chivalry Was Planted

Posted on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
The men in Henry's army must have believed they had been part of a miracle. The few had destroyed the many, and most of those few were archers. They were not lords and knights and gentry, but butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers from the shires. They were the ordinary men of England and Wales.
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