Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417-1450

by Juliet Barker

Book Overview

For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the sword an all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Years War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid life in "Conquest." Following Agincourt, Henry V s second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. Buoyed by conquest, the English army seemed invincible. By the time of Henry s premature death in 1422, nearly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674065603
• ISBN13: 9780674065604
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 485 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"