Azincourt (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
512
Utgivningsdatum
2009-06-11
Upplaga
edition
Utmärkelser
Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2009
Förlag
HarperCollins
Dimensioner
198 x 130 x 32 mm
Vikt
348 g
ISBN
9780007271221

Azincourt

Häftad,  Engelska, 2009-06-11
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An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Azincourt, fought on October 25th 1415, St Crispin's Day, is one of Englands 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 - a weapon developed by the English which enabled them to dominate the European battlefields for the rest of the century. Bernard Cornwells Azincourt is a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well-researched account of this momentous battle and its aftermath. From the varying viewpoints of nobles, peasants, archers, and horsemen, Azincourt skilfully brings to life the hours of relentless fighting, the desperation of an army crippled by disease and the exceptional bravery of the English soldiers.
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Praise for Azincourt 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 Shakespeares 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 An extrordinary and dramatic description of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist Hampshire View a vivid, breathtaking and meticulously well research account Paisley Daily Express Praise for Bernard Cornwell and Sword Song: This is typical Cornwell, meticulously researched, massive inscope, brilliant in execution The Sun 'Great action scenes, rich in period detail, are underpinned by a feeling for the passions that shaped the Britain we know today' Sunday Telegraph, Seven Magazine Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation' Daily Mail 'Cornwell's narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched' Observer

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Bernard Cornwell was born in London, raised in Essex, and now lives mainly in the USA with his wife. In addition to the hugely successful Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Starbuck Chronicles, the Warlord trilogy, the Grail Quest series and the Alfred series.