{"product_id":"1415-henry-vs-year-of-glory","title":"1415 Henry Vs Year Of Glory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry V is regarded as the great English hero\u003c\/b\u003e. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justice, he was elevated by Shakespeare into a champion of English nationalism for all future generations. But what was he really like? Does he deserve to be thought of as ''the greatest man who ever ruled England?''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Ian Mortimer''s groundbreaking book, he portrays Henry in the pivotal year of his reign.\u003c\/b\u003e Recording the dramatic events of 1415, he offers the fullest, most precise and least romanticised view we have of Henry and what he did. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is not only a \u003cb\u003efascinating reappraisal of Henry; it brings to the fore many unpalatable truths which biographers and military historians have largely ignored.\u003c\/b\u003e At the centre of the book is the campaign which culminated in the battle of Agincourt: a slaughter ground designed not to advance England''s interests directly but to demonstrate God''s approval of Henry''s royal authority on both sides of the Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317120180606,"sku":"NW9781845950972","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781845950972.jpg?v=1778700854","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/1415-henry-vs-year-of-glory","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}