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  • 1415 Agincourt

    A New History

    by Anne Curry ...
    As night fell in Picardy on Thursday 24 October 1415, Henry V and his English troops, worn down by their long march in search of a crossing of the Somme, can only have dreamt that the battle of the next day would be remembered as one of the most momentous victories ever won.Six hundred years down the line, the battle of Agincourt still rings through the centuries. In this stupendous victory ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agincourt

    Myth and Reality, 1415–2015

    by Stephen Cooper, Anne Curry ...
    The overwhelming victory of Henry V's English army at Agincourt in October 1415 has passed into myth as one of the defining events of the Hundred Years War against France, as a feat of arms outshining the previous famous English victories at Crcy and Poitiers, and as a milestone in English medieval history. This epic story of how an exhausted, outnumbered army, commanded by an inspirational leader ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agincourt 1415: The Archers' Story

    The Archers' Story

    by Anne Curry ...
    'Attempts to see the conflict from the perspectives of those who fought.' – History TodayThe Battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centuries as a quite incredible victory by the outnumbered, happy few of England, enfeebled by disease and exhaustion, against the might of French chivalry. For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This ... Read more

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  • Bosworth 1485

    A Battlefield Rediscovered

    by Glenn Foard, Anne Curry ...
    Bosworth stands alongside Naseby and Hastings as one of the three most iconic battles ever fought on English soil. The action on 22 August 1485 brought to an end the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses and heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty. However, Bosworth was also the most famous lost battlefield in England. Between 2005 and 2010, the techniques of battlefield archaeology were ... Read more

    $28.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agincourt

    Great Battles Series

    by Anne Curry ...
    Series series Great Battles
    From Shakespeare to The Beatles, the battle of Agincourt has dominated the cultural landscape as one of the most famous battles in British history. Anne Curry seeks to find out how and why the legacy of Agincourt has captured the popular imagination. Agincourt (1415) is an exceptionally famous battle, one that has generated a huge and enduring cultural legacy in the six hundred years since it was ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Hundred Years War

    1337–1453

    by Emeritus Professor Anne Curry ...
    Series series Essential Histories
    An illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages.There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years War is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Hundred Years War Revisited

    by Adrian Bell, Laura Crombie, Craig Lambert, Tony Moore, Graeme Small, Craig Taylor, Andrew Ayton, Gary Baker, Rory Cox, Andy King, Gwilym Dodd ...
    Series series Problems in Focus
    The conflict between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries never ceases to fascinate. This stimulating edited collection, inspired by the Problems in Focus volume originally published in 1971, provides a fresh and accessible insight into the key aspects of The Hundred Years War. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, based on new methodologies and recent advances in ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)

    From Playboy Prince to Warrior King

    by Anne Curry ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: AgincourtHenry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • The Hundred Years’ War

    1337–1453

    by Emeritus Professor Anne Curry ...
    Series series Guide to...
    A concise overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages.There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years War is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Agricultural Science as International Development

    Historical Perspectives on the CGIAR Era

    Edited by Helen Anne Curry, Timothy W. Lorek ...
    For more than fifty years, international aid for agricultural research has been shaped by an unusual partnership: an ad-hoc consortium of national governments, foreign aid agencies, philanthropies, United Nations agencies, and international financial institutions, known as CGIAR. Formed in 1971 following the initial celebration of the so-called Green Revolution, CGIAR was tasked with extending ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Endangered Maize

    Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction

    by Helen Anne Curry ...
    Charting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity.Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agriculture have increasingly dominated farm fields. Concerned about what this transition means for the future of food, scientists, farmers, and eaters have sought ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • A Soldiers' Chronicle of the Hundred Years War

    College of Arms Manuscript M 9

    by Anne Curry, Dr. Rémy Ambühl ...
    This previously unpublished chronicle from the mid-fifteenth century covers the English wars in France from 1415 to 1429. It is highly unusual in that it was written by two soldiers, Peter Basset and Christopher Hanson. William Worcester, secretary to the English commander Sir John Fastolf, also had a hand in it, and it was specifically written for Sir John. The content is unusual, as it includes ... Read more

    $17.99 USD