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Conquest

The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War

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Conquest

By: Juliet Barker
Narrated by: Sarah Durham
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Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.

Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France.

Supremely evocative and brilliantly told, this is narrative history at its most colourful and compelling - the true story of those who fought for an English kingdom of France.

©2025 Juliet Barker (P)2025 Hachette Audio UK Europe France Royalty

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This book has been invaluable source material for my screenplay set in the siege of Pontoise 1441.
The narrative switches effortlessly between micro and macro with an astonishing amount of detail.

Quality narrative of a fascinating period

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There are are multiple reading errors. Eg “ hospitality “ where clearly “ hostility” was intended . Multiple instances of erroneous pronunciation e.g where an army is described as “ routed in battle” as “rooted “, the town of Sandwich in Kent pronounced as “ Sondwich” presumably in the mistaken belief that the reader was referring to a down in France , and numerous others. I am not qualified to comment on the pronunciation of French words and place names, but at times they struck me as inconsistent and idiosyncratic . These problems could have been corrected by editing , I assume. What a pity it was not done, as these things were irritants throughout the book . I finished it only because of the quality of the narrative itself , but , disappointing as once I had started to hear these problems they became increasingly irritating .

Excellent book, poor reading

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