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There 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)

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