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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith DockrayPublisher: The History Press Ltd Imprint: The History Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9780752430461ISBN 10: 0752430467 Pages: 255 Publication Date: 01 April 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9780752423364 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviewsThere are few greater heroes in English history than the battle-winning Henry V. The man of action and determination who, colossus-like, strode across northern France and crushed noble France on the field of Agincourt. Many biographers have tended to follow this rather simplistic, two-dimensional line. But, as Keith Dockray reveals in this fascinating book, the real Henry V was a far more complex character. In Dockray's new biography the Shakespearian hero steps aside to reveal a fuller-picture of a prince who was loved and feared in equal measure. A pious and prudent monarch, an able administrator and a ruler of 'high understanding' he, in his short life and shorter reign, won Europe-wide admiration. For all that, however, his legacy to England was a mixed blessing, plunging England into more war with France and, ultimately, civil war at home. (Kirkus UK) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |