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Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds (Campaign)
Matthew Bennett
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Description for Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds (Campaign)
Paperback. The "Campaign" titles provide concise accounts of the great conflicts of history, assessing each commander's strategy, and recounting the progress of the fighting using 3-D battle maps to illustrate the critical stages. This covers the victory of Henry V's heavily-outnumbered army at Agincourt. Series: Osprey Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 10 colour plates, 3 3-D maps, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 315.
A concise illustrated study of one of the most iconic battles in English history.
Henry V's forces were tired, hungry, and faced a French army three to six times more numerous. However, they possessed several advantages, and English success resulted from the combination of heavily armoured men-at-arms with troops armed with the infamous longbow: the havoc this weapon wreaked was crucial.
Using original fifteenth-century evidence, including the surviving French battle plan and the accounts of men present in both armies, this fully illustrated title featuring maps, photographs and detailed original artwork discusses the lead-up to the battle, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Osprey Campaign S.
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855321328
SKU
V9781855321328
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Ref
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About Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett MA, FSA, FRHistS, has been a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since 1984. He went to King's College London, completing a first degree in History and an MA in Medieval History. He co-wrote, with Nicholas Hooper, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487. Matthew has also published many academic articles on chivalric ... Read more
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