5/31/2023 0 Comments Agincourt book cornwell![]() ![]() Famous across Europe at the time, it passed into legend when Shakespeare wrote a play which was published under the title The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, and included a speech on the eve of battle which added to the English language the phrases “once more unto the breach” and “band of brothers.” Its place in the national mythology was only strengthened by the 1944 film of Henry V, which starred Laurence Olivier as an idealized young warrior king, and was filmed to boost morale during the build-up to the Allied invasion of Normandy. The subject of his most recent novel arguably falls into both those categories: the Battle of Agincourt. CLR Thoroughly Modern Men-at-armsīernard Cornwell has never been afraid to tackle big subjects, whether famous battles like Waterloo and Seringapatam, or myths such as King Arthur or the Grail Quest. ![]() Agincourt: A Novel by Bernard Cornwell Harper, 464 pp. ![]()
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