Agincourt

Agincourt

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At dawn on October 25, 1415, two armies faced each other on a French plain, which would become the most famous battlefield in history.

On one side stood the ragged remnants of an English army that had invaded Normandy ten weeks earlier and, in a severe blow to French pride, captured the port city of Harfleur. However, the siege had taken its toll, and of the twelve thousand warriors who had embarked on the expedition, only half were now assembled on the field of Agincourt. Of these, only nine hundred were armed soldiers, the iron men of the time and universally considered the elite of the military world. Motivated by the desire to avenge the loss of Harfleur, the French cavalry had flocked by the thousands. Rested, well-fed, well-armed, and fighting on their own territory. Yet, a few hours later, defying all logic and military wisdom of the time, the English emerged victorious from the fields of Agincourt. Immortalized by Shakespeare in his Henry V, the battle is now reinterpreted by the master of historical fiction, Bernard Cornwell. Cornwell's gripping account of the battle from which so many legends were born. But it also looks behind the war action and paints a picture of the era. A mad king, murderous dukes, manipulative bishops, heroic knights, surgeons, heralds, spies, and pirates—the story of Agincourt offers it all.

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ISBN978-850-108-516-0
Tradutor Ivanir Calado
Altura230 mm
Largura155 mm
Profundidade24 mm
Lançamento24/07/2009
Páginas448
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Sobre o autor

Bernard Cornwell

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Bernard Cornwell, consagrado autor britânico, teve sua obra traduzida para mais de 20 idiomas. Seus livros alcançaram o primeiro lugar na lista de best-sellers em vários países e venderam mais de 30 milhões de exemplares no mundo inteiro.

Cornwell nasceu em Londres e foi criado em Essex, por pais adotivos. Trabalhou por dez anos na BBC antes de se tornar escritor. Em 1979, mudou-se para os Estados Unidos, onde vive até hoje. Não perdeu, porém, o fino humor britânico e a paixão por conflitos militares famosos, que se reflete em sua enorme coleção de mapas antigos. Autor da série Crônicas Saxônicas, adaptada para a série de TV O último reino (The Last Kingdom), disponível na Netflix, e das trilogias As Crônicas de Artur e A Busca do Graal.

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