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Agincourt

By: Bernard Cornwell
Narrated by: Charles Keating
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Agincourt is classic Cornwell...[with] attention to historical detail, well-paced action, and descriptive writing that is a pleasure to read." (Boston Globe)

Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times best-selling "reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), tackles his most thrilling, rich, and enthralling subject yet - the heroic tale of Agincourt. The epic battle immortalized by William Shakespeare in his classic Henry V is the background for this breathtaking tale of heroism, love, devotion, and duty from the legendary author of the Richard Sharpe novels and the Saxon Tales. This extraordinary adventure will captivate from minute one, proving once again and most powerfully, as author Lee Child attests, that "nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell."

©2009 Bernard Cornwell (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Thought-Provoking France Royalty

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Critic reviews

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today." ( Washington Post)
"Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell. (Lee Child, author of Nothing to Lose)
"Readers who haven't discovered Bernard Cornwell don't know what they are missing....He may well be the best historical novelist writing today -- and Agincourt may well be his best novel yet. (Vince Flynn, author of Extreme Measures)
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background music was an annoying distraction at random intervals throughout the whole book ?

ok but annoying music

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I'd agree with the other reviews that are questioning why the music is in there. its not very good and doesn't really fit with the story. just sort of comes out of nowhere.

Other than that its an excellent listen with a very good narrator

Very enjoyable listen

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wonderful story, but unfortunately the narrator wasn't very distinctive between voices. I felt that perhaps a french accent would have been good for the french characters.

very good overall.

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Bernard Cornwell has delivered a masterpiece of historical storytelling and it had to be 6,000 facing 30,000... they were facing Englishmen after all!

Quite brilliant

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This is another perfectly acceptable novel by Cornwell.

It's not going to set the literary world ablaze, but for a bit of light bedtime reading, it's great.

(The only really annoying aspect of this edition is the music. It's awful! This is a book, not a radio programme. No music is needed - and certainly not tinny, synthesised music.)

A perfectly readable historic tale.

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I enjoyed the book immensely and the story teller really engaged me with his talent.
I would recommend this book to people who enjoy historical novels. Well worth a read.

A Brilliant Story

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Enjoyable military adventure story
Bernard Cornwell certainly knows his market demographics; me.
These book are great fun; like films but the pictures are better

Small downside is the Americanisms in the English accent narration; it is "missile" not "mizzel" etc. etc.

Great story

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as a practicing archer the detail of the archery process is a pleasure listen too. the reader isn't the greatest cornwell novel reader as he struggles with accents and the story being broken up with dramatic orchestral numbers does break the immersion. other than that it is a pleasure to listen to this

not the best reader but still great

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As ever an excellent story from Bernard Cornwell. As others have said, the narrator is not the best and very limited with his character voices. My biggest gripe is about the music played from time to time presumably for dramatic effect. What on earth was the producer thinking about? It is loud and inappropriate and contributes nothing. It serves only as an annoying distraction. I recommend the author and the entertaining story but otherwise I am not impressed with this recording.

Great story but narrator and music not so much…

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Great story, Bernard Cornwell always makes you feel like you are there. Onto his next book

Great story shame about the dramatic music

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