Bibliograph

Agincourt, the fight for France, Ranulph Fiennes

Type

Label

Agincourt, the fight for France, Ranulph Fiennes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesgenealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Agincourt

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Ranulph Fiennes

Sub title

the fight for France

Summary

A dynamic account of the Battle of Agincourt shares new perspectives into the battle to illuminate the roles of the author's English and French ancestors on the battlefield and in the centuries of turbulent Anglo-French history leading up to it

Table Of Contents

The French Connection -- The rise and rise of Eustace de Fiennes -- Geoffrey de Mandeville and other fickle Fienneses -- Intermarriage, bribery, temerity and indecision -- Friends and Lovers -- Wool, wine and war -- The Buying of Broughton -- So much Christian blood spilled -- When men of good breeding think nothing of killing -- Fair stood the wind for France -- The actions of the tiger -- Fiennes to the fore -- A family at war -- A Vaste Multitude Yielded Up in Death -- La Mort de Fiennes -- Another Fiennes loses his head for losing the War

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Fight for France

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