A hail of arrows
Subtitle: Jenkin Lloyd, Agincourt, France 1415
By: by Michael Cox
Edition: 1st Cdn. ed.
Series: My story; My story (Toronto, Ont.)
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780545990400
Subjects: Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415; Juvenile fiction; Archers; Azincourt, Bataille d', 1415; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Agincourt, Battle of (France : 1415) fast (OCoLC)fst00800291
Description: A defining battle in the Hundred Years War, through the eyes of one of its soldiers ́ a fourteen-year-old boy. At his father's deathbed, 14-year-old Jenkin Lloyd is bestowed with one last gift, his father's most prized possession--a longbow that has been passed down from father to son for generations. When Jenkin becomes one of thousands of Welsh boys sent to help King Henry V of England claim Agincourt, a part of France, he strives to honour the skill and power of this weapon, as his father has done before him. While remaining historically accurate, A Hail of Arrows captures the sights and sounds and emotions felt by a group of boys who were sent into an impossible battle by a vengeful king. Outnumbered by the French, weakened by starvation and dysentery, these teenage archers were key in pulling off an amazing victory against overwhelming odds.
Notes: Previously published under title: Agincourt.