Henry fought cheek to jowl and hand to hand. An 1847 engraving depicting Henry V and his attendants. Via Wikimedia Commons. Henry is not just a warlord laying siege to cities. He “pores over ...

King Henry V of England had a troubled conscience. He was king, ... 6,000 French knights were killed, and more shamefully they died at the hands of the common folk and not in a chivalric battle.

HENRY V: The Astonishing Triumph of England’s Greatest Warrior King, by Dan Jones. Why read a new, ... Only a few years after Henry’s great victory, he died at the age of 35, ...

Henry V, who ruled from 1413 to 1422, has been described by historians as “the greatest man that ever ruled England” and “England’s greatest warrior king”.