Ebook: 1415 Agincourt: a New History

1. Henry V's Inheritance: England and France, 1399--1413 -- 2. Henry V and the Reopening of War, March 1413--August 1415 -- 3. The Raising of Henry V's Army, April--August 1415 -- 4. The Siege of Harfleur, 13 August--22 September 1415 -- 5. To Fight or Not to Fight, 22 September--8 October 1415 -- 6. From Harfleur to the Crossing of the Somme, 8--19 October 1415 -- 7. From the Crossing of the Somme to the Eve of Battle, 19--24 October 1415 -- 8. The Armies Assemble, 24--25 October 1415 -- 9. The Fight, 25 October 1415 -- 10. The Aftermath, 26 October--16 November 1415 -- Epilogu: Battle or Murder?;For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This lavishly illustrated history re-tells the story of the battle and Henry V's Normandy campaign from the perspective of the commander of the English archers, Sir Thomas Erpingham. Sir Thomas, an experienced warrior with military experience dating back 40 years is known for his brief but pivotal appearances in Shakespeare's Henry V, where he is correctly portrayed as an elderly, white haired veteran. At 57 he was one of the oldest there and a close personal confident of the King. But what was his background? How did he command his archers to such a place in history? And what role did the longbow and battlefield tactics play in the final analysis of victory?