On our military history tour of France, Christian and I plan to visit the site of the battle of Agincourt, the classic victory of Henry V's army - and especially its archers - over a much larger French host, in 1415. I was of course aware of the broad brush of this battle, but it had been a long...
He was accompanied by four members of the extended royal family, Edward, duke of York, Thomas Beaufort, earl of Dorset, Sir John Cornewaille and Sir John Holland, and the earls of Arundel, March and Oxford. The mayor, aldermen and some 340 citizens of London turned out to honour their king by rid...
Once she had gone, depression began to creep in. Anxious to keep it at bay, and remembering how her work had been her saviour through the dark days of the previous year, Charlotte attempted to make a start on her next novel. Without her almost visionary imaginative power to aid her, however, the ...