Non-fiction / Military History
I like to read everything and anything that falls into my lap. So one day I found myself reading Agincourt by Juliet Barker. It’s a fascinating piece of history and details events leading up to, during, and after the famous battle. The writing style is good, and particular note must be given to the research which clearly had a lot of effort put into it. It is also refreshing to see that…
attention has been paid towards what the experience might have been like in places for the common soldier. In events of this magnitude we often only see events from the perspective of the nobility involved so catching glimpses of what a foot soldier may have experienced too is a nice touch, from what they were paid to how they were even expected to get home afterwards. I was torn between 3 and 4 stars. For the sheer detail and notes of every aspect of the war, from the back story to the expedition, from the battle to the aftermath, I set this at four stars. A good piece of scholarship.
Score: 4 / 5
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