Henry V, King of England and claimant to the throne of France, looked out across the field of Agincourt, the site of a remarkable victory, but there were few scenes of glory that met his eyes. Heaps of the dead and dying, the cream of French chivalry, were piled high. The stench of death permeated the air, rising above the muddy carnage and assaulting the senses. But this was not a victory for Henry’s knights but first and foremost for his humble archers, men like Thomas Pokkeswell from Dorset. It was to him and his fellow archers that the glory, if any, truly belonged. For others, though, the rewards were more immediate; those who held captive the greatest of the French nobles could make a fortune – in this respect, one squire from Somerset by the name of William Wolf had just hit the jackpot.

Agincourt would define the reputation of Henry V for the next six centuries, yet controversy was never far away. In the heat of battle, a massacre of French prisoners took place that shocked contemporaries to the core. More recently, historians have questioned whether the numerical disparity was quite as great as the chroniclers of the day suggested. This is the story of one remarkable day that was unparalleled in English history through the eyes of the king, a remarkable archer and a squire.

• A

  major new narrative history of the famous battle aimed at the general reader to

  coincide with 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 2015.

• The

  human story of the battle, using the latest research to reconstruct the role

  played by Henry V, William Thomas an archer from Cheshire and William Wolf, a

  man at arms from Somerset.

•  Praise

  for the W. B. Bartlett's last book: 'Enthralling' THE DAILY MAIL; 'The best and most level-headed telling of the

  whole story I have ever read’ THE

  INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY.

• Major

  media coverage of the Battle of Agincourt anniversary expected, several major

  TV documentaries will air October 2015.

• Reviews

  in the review sections of history magazines and national dailies to include BBC History Magazine, The Times and The Mail

  on Sunday.