Description
Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. He is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he discovers two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, and, with no options left, head home to England. Discovered by the young King of England—Henry V himself—Hook takes up the longbow again, returning to France as part of the superb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. But after the English campaign suffers devastating early losses, it becomes clear that Hook and his fellow archers are their king's last resort in a desperate fight against an enemy more daunting than they could ever have imagined.
One of the most dramatic victories in British history, the battle of Agincourt pitted undermanned and overwhelmed English forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out of Henry's hands. This exhilarating story of survival and slaughter in at once a brilliant work of history and a triumph of imagination—Bernard Cornwell at his best.
Info
ISBN: 9780062314536
Published Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Language: English
Size: 5.63" l x 5.12" w x 1.53" h
Category
Fiction