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Azincourt
- Narrated by: Trevor White
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
A unique novel, looking at one the greatest battles, a battle that was a turning point in history, from many points of view, by a master storyteller.
Bernard Cornwell has been thinking about this subject for years. He has long wanted to write a book about a single battle, the events that lead up to it, the actual days in the battle and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints.
Agincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, on St Crispin's Day, is one of the best known battles, in part through the brilliant depiction of it in Shakespeare's Henry V, in part because it was a brilliant and unexpected English victory and in part because it was the first battle won by the use of the longbow. This was a weapon developed in this form only by the English - parishes were forced to train boys from as young as eight daily - and enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century.
Lively historical characters abound on all sides but in Bernard Cornwell's hands the fictional characters, horsemen, archers, nobles, peasants are authentic and vivid, and the hour by hour view of the battle is dramatic and gripping.
Critic reviews
‘If Bernard Cornwell was born to write one book, this is it. No other historical novelist has acquired such a mastery of the minutiae of warfare in centuries past. No one else could hope to take Shakespeare’s Henry V, strip it of its rhetoric and tell the unvarnished truth about the Battle of Agincourt’ Telegraph
‘A runaway success’ Guardian
'Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell – action set six hundred years ago is a fresh and vital as six days ago, with rough, tough men at war, proving once again that nothing changes – least of all great storytelling’ Lee Child
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Gecko129
- 29-01-09
Should have waited for the unabridged version.
Bernard Cornwall is an incredible writer. The King Alfred series (Lords of the North, Pale Horseman, The last Kingdom and finally Sword song) and then the Grail series (Harlequin, Vagabond and Heretic with Thomas of Hookton) are simply the very best.
I agree with the last reviewer that Azincourt was a bit of a rework on the Grail story following a similar archer's tale as it did with Thomas of Hookton. However, it is I'm sure a great story in its entirety, but not cut up and abridged. I'll buy it again when the unabridged version comes out and I'm sure enjoy it far more. My advice, wait until then.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Minkymaid
- 16-08-11
Standard Cornwall Fare
Standard Cornwall fare - battles, history, blood, girls. And battles. If you like him, its another offering, Well narrated.
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- Ian
- 23-06-23
Pure history from a great angle
Fascinating to see history from the eyes of an ordinary man, although the English archers were extraordinary!
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Eridu
- 30-05-11
naration
This really is another fantastic book by Bernard Cornwall, unfortunatly let down by bad naration. should have got Tim Piggot smith to do it, as in "The Warlord Chronicles"
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Nick E
- 04-12-08
Disappointing
Essentially a reworking of the plot lines from his earlier books to fit an Azincourt theme. Nothing new here.
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- Trevor
- 30-06-13
Mmmmmm Love it!!!!!!
Azincourt, written as if the author was there. You are taken into the thick of it another great bookl
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