Henry V

Wildly gripping, swashbuckling, battle-scarred and blood-spattered, in equal parts ferocious, dynamic and political, intimate and humane, the best biography yet of England's greatest king. * Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History of Humanity * The king of exciting narrative history triumphs again. A masterclass in making the medieval addictively readable. * Lucy Worsley * Yet another Dan Jones book that I wish I had written. One of England’s greatest medieval kings gets the biography he deserves from one of our greatest medieval historians. * Dan Snow * With his customary combination of profound scholarship and fine narrative verve, Dan Jones brings Henry V to life better than anyone since Shakespeare himself. Here is a much more believable king – both for good and ill – than the Bard’s rendition, one rooted in contemporary sources shrewdly analysed. Truly, a Henry for our times. * Andrew Roberts * Shining fresh light on England’s transformational warrior king, this thrilling new biography of Henry V reads like an absolute blockbuster. * LoveReading * Praise for Dan Jones: A terrifically colourful and compelling narrative history... bustling and sizzling with life on every page * Sunday Times * A badass history writer... to put it mildly * Duff McKagan * A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist * Observer * Jones’s prose hums with energy throughout, and his ability to marry realm-scale intrigue with family drama marks this out as narrative history at its best. * The Telegraph * Splendidly readable... full of diverting incident and considered judgment... Jones is one of our liveliest historians * The Observer *