Agincourt - A New History
Anne Curry
Die Autorin gibt hier einen kompletten Überblick über den Verlauf
der Schlacht im Oktober 1415 und erläutert den Sieg der englischen
Truppen Henry V. - der zu einem bedeutendne Prozentsatz seinen
Langbogenschützen zu verdanken war.
As night fell in Picardy on Thursday 24 October 1415, Henry V and
his English troops, worn down by their long march after the taking
of Harfleur and diminished by the dysentery they had suffered
there, can little have dreamt that the battle of the next day would
give them one of the most complete victories ever won. Anne Curry's
startling new history recreates the campaign and battle from the
perspectives of the English and the French. Only now, through an
in-depth investigation of the contemporary narrative sources as
well as the administrative records, and through a new look at the
terrain where the battle was fought, can we come to firmer
conclusions on what exactly happened, and why. This book, based on
years of painstaking research and reflection, makes clear the
genius of Henry V as a military leader, and the strengths and
capabilities of the English army which he commanded. there can be
no doubt of the desire of the French to resist him and to protect
their homeland from their invasion. The French fought bravely and
to the death. So where did they go wrong? The answers to this, and
many other questions, are found in this landmark new history.
Format 12,5 x 20 cm, 358 Seiten, Paperback, 125 Abbildungen, engl.
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