The Agincourt War

Henry V's stunning victory at Agincourt was a pivotal battle of the Hundred Years War, reviving England's military fortunes and changing forever the course of European warfare.

In this exciting and readable account Colonel Burne recreates the years leading up to Agincourt and its bitter aftermath. He also puts the battle in the perspective of the other important, yet less well known, engagements of the war such as the battles of Verneuil and Fresnay. As with the battles, so with its commanders: Henry V is known to all, but Colonel Burne gives rightful honour to Talbot, Salisbury, Bedford, Chandos and many others. On the French side he details the parts played by Bertrand du Gueschlin and of course Joan of Arc.

Colonel Burne's outstanding reconstruction of the war is written for layman and historian alike and conveys the drama that Agincourt and its heroes have always so vividly evoked. This new edition of a classic text includes a new introduction by Anne Curry, the world's leading authority on the battle of Agincourt.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Full Title
• Copyright
• Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
  • FOREWORD TO THE 2014 EDITION BY ANNE CURRY
  • PREFACE
  • I THE DUGUESCHLIN WAR (1369–96)
  • II THE TRUCE OF 1396–1415
  • III THE INVASION OF FRANCE
  • IV THE MARCH TO AGINCOURT
  • V AGINCOURT
  • VI VALMONT AND HARFLEUR
  • VII THE CONQUEST OF NORMANDY
  • VIII THE TREATY OF TROYES AND THE BATTLE OF FRESNAY
  • IX BAUGÉ
  • X HENRY V’S LAST CAMPAIGN
  • XI CRAVANT
  • XII VERNEUIL: “A SECOND AGINCOURT”
  • XIII FROM VERNEUIL TO ORLEANS
  • XIV THE SIEGE OF ORLEANS
  • XV JOAN OF ARC’S CAMPAIGNS
  • XVI THE TREATY OF ARRAS
  • XVII THE ENGLISH RECOVERY
  • XVIII THE END IN NORMANDY
  • XIX CASTILLON
  • RETROSPECT
  • INDEX