![]() ![]() Hook returns to France as part of the superb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. Instead he is discovered by the young King of England, Henry V himself, and by royal command he takes up the longbow again and dons the cross of Saint George. ![]() ![]() With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a curse, haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. Bernard Cornwell tackles his richest, most thrilling subject: the heroic tale of Agincourt. ![]()
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