On the 25th October 1415 Henry V led the English army onto the field of Agincourt. There he defeated the flower of French chivalry to win perhaps the finest victory of the medieval period, made famous by Shakespeare’s play. But who was Henry V? Brilliant general, skilled politician or simply a warmonger? And is there a figure from the past that he most resembles?


Dan Jones, the author of a new biography of Henry joins to answer these and many more questions as we try to get to the bottom of who Henry V was.


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Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King, Dan Jones (https://amzn.to/3MXhhHZ)


YouTube video of young Henry's surgical procedure to remove the arrowhead (   • Henry V arrowhead removal  )


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