Kinvig
30-07-09, 08:02 AM
Right, Summer's here....kinda ;o)
If you're looking for a book to read on holiday, then I reccommend, "Azincourt" by Bernard Cornwall.
it's set around Henry V's 1415 campaign to be recognised as the rightful king of France & climaxes at the Battle of Agincourt
It's written through the eyes of an english archer, one of the 6000 men that fought against 30000 cabbage farting french men. I won't spoil the ending....;o)
The story's great, it's easy to pick up & follow from where you left off. Some of the characterisation is a bit 2-d & the plot's a bit boy's-own adventure at times, but overall it's really interesting and it paints a picture of tactics in mediaeval warfare which is often lacking or bland in a text-book.
Bernard Cornwall has written loads of other historical warfare type books, most notably the Sharpe books that featured Sean Bean on tele.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007271220/ref=s9_simz_gw_s7_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1JPG4NZB4RFR9TCA5613&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
So, has anyone else got any summer reads that they'd reccommend?
If you're looking for a book to read on holiday, then I reccommend, "Azincourt" by Bernard Cornwall.
it's set around Henry V's 1415 campaign to be recognised as the rightful king of France & climaxes at the Battle of Agincourt
It's written through the eyes of an english archer, one of the 6000 men that fought against 30000 cabbage farting french men. I won't spoil the ending....;o)
The story's great, it's easy to pick up & follow from where you left off. Some of the characterisation is a bit 2-d & the plot's a bit boy's-own adventure at times, but overall it's really interesting and it paints a picture of tactics in mediaeval warfare which is often lacking or bland in a text-book.
Bernard Cornwall has written loads of other historical warfare type books, most notably the Sharpe books that featured Sean Bean on tele.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007271220/ref=s9_simz_gw_s7_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1JPG4NZB4RFR9TCA5613&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
So, has anyone else got any summer reads that they'd reccommend?