1415: Henry V's Year of Glory

Ian Mortimer’s 1415: Henry V’s Year of Glory is compelling, exuberant and erudite - combining the vivid drama of medieval character and battle with the vigour of revisionist history – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young StalinMortimer creates a new and convincing likeness of medieval England’s most iconic king – Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *Mortimer writes biographical history with formidable energy and panache… This is the most illuminating exploration of the reality of fifteenth-century life that I have ever read * Independent *Ian Mortimer… has virtually single-handedly put medieval history back in the hands of ordinary readers, combining scrupulous research with a wonderfully iconoclastic approach to storytelling – Dominic Sandbrook * Daily Telegraph *Bold…new and unexpected – Anne Wroe * The Economist *Highly recommended – Nicolas Vincent * The Tablet *

Ian Mortimer’s decision to tell this story in diary format, giving us an almost day-by-day account, would not have suited every historical study, but in this instance was a stroke of genius. The danger would have been excess of extraneous detail, but Mortimer’s instinct is superb and what we get instead is the mythical hero-king- immortalised by the Lawrence Olivier film- rendered suddenly human and close./The immediacy of the format makes Henry real and flawed; a disturbing and compelling individual.

Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of the bestselling Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, eight other books and many peer-reviewed articles on English history between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded the Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine in seventeenth-century England. In June 2011, the University of Exeter awarded him a higher doctorate (D.Litt.) by examination, on the strength of his historical work. He also writes historical fiction, published under his middle names (James Forrester). He lives with his wife and three children on the edge of Dartmoor, in Devon.

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