HENRY V: The Astonishing Triumph of England’s Greatest Warrior King, by Dan Jones Why read a new, 400-page biography of England’s King Henry V? Because, writes the best-selling historian and ...

In Jones’s telling, Henry even in adolescence was a determined military leader, upholder of the faith, and dominant figure in the court of his father, Henry IV. His own orderly reign brought ...

There is a Horrible Histories element to Dan Jones's book. I lost count of the number of times Henry V ordered people - women as well as men - to be put to death in beastly ways. Political and ...

While Henry V is best known as the military leader who defeated the French at Agincourt, Dan Jones’s “Henry V” gives equal ...

HENRY V is best-known today thanks to Shakespeare for defeating a numerically superior French army at Agincourt. But according to historian Dan Jones, it's a miracle England's greatest medieval ...

Head of Zeus has snapped up a standalone biography of Henry V by medieval writer, historian and broadcaster Dan Jones. Non-fiction publisher Richard Milbank acquired UK, Commonwealth and ...

Dan Jones’s superb narrative history, Henry V, stresses the great king’s piety, and how it grounded a world view that may seem alien today Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Dan Jones has no desire to question Henry’s military bona fides in his new narrative history, Henry V, but he has a bone to pick with the “lopsided” coverage that the monarch typically receives.