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Henry V of England

1386–1422

Henry V became king of England in 1413 after a turbulent youth and renewed the Plantagenet claim to France. His victory at Agincourt in 1415 established an enduring military legend, and subsequent campaigns brought much of northern France under English control.

The Treaty of Troyes recognised him as heir to Charles VI and husband of Catherine of Valois. Henry died in 1422 before either king, leaving a nine-month-old son to inherit both claims. Henry V of England was born in Monmouth Castle and died in Château de Vincennes.

G. A. Henty’s At Agincourt brings its fictional protagonists into Henry V’s French campaign and uses the king to connect their adventures directly with the battle of 1415. Shakespeare’s Henry V turns the same monarch into a dramatic study of kingship, war, rhetoric and responsibility from the Southampton conspiracy through Harfleur and Agincourt. Michael Livingston’s Bloody Crowns places Henry’s victories inside the much longer dynastic struggle over France rather than isolating Agincourt as a single triumph. Juliet Barker’s Conquest follows what came afterwards: Henry’s systematic seizure of Normandy, the Treaty of Troyes and the political structure left behind when he died young. Anne Curry’s Henry V (Penguin Monarchs) assesses the ruler behind the legend, combining his military achievements with administration, religious severity and the practical costs of conquest.

Periods

Periods linked to Henry V of England

Battle of Agincourt1415 CE Lancastrian England1399–1461 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Henry V of England (8 series)

Struggle for a Crown in Order

by Griff Hosker 10 books 4.5(19,374)

Struggle for a Crown follows soldiers and retainers through the crises of late medieval England and France. The series moves from Richard II and Henry IV to Henry V, Agincourt, the later Hundred Years’ War and the struggle to hold English power in France. It is a dynastic…

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The Road to Agincourt- King’s Spy in Order

by Simon Fairfax 6 books 4.4(5,800)

The Road to Agincourt: King’s Spy follows Sir James de Grispere through the final years before Henry V’s French campaign. Beginning under the failing rule of Henry IV and ending at Agincourt, the sequence combines court espionage, diplomatic missions, Channel piracy, Lollard conspiracy, the Western Schism and the…

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Catherine de Valois in Order

by Joanna Hickson 2 books 4.3(4,102)

The Catherine de Valois sequence follows the French princess from childhood at the unstable court of Charles VI to her marriage to Henry V and her later relationship with Owen Tudor. Both novels are narrated principally through Mette, a fictional servant and lifelong companion. The Agincourt Bride covers…

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Historical Romances in Order

by Georgette Heyer 9 books 4.3(16,123)

This collection brings together Georgette Heyer’s historical novels set outside her main Regency-romance sequence. The settings range from medieval England and France to the Norman Conquest, Elizabethan maritime conflict, the escape of Charles II and the Peninsular War. The list follows the ordering supplied by the Fantastic Fiction…

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Plantagenet Saga in Order

by Jean Plaidy 14 books 4.1(16,124)

The Plantagenet Saga spans the dynasty from Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard III. Across fourteen novels, family rebellion, disputed succession, royal marriage and war connect the Angevin Empire, the conquest of Wales, conflict with Scotland, the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of the Roses.

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The Mowbray Chronicles in Order

by Mette Holm 7 books 4.2(2,089)

The Mowbray Chronicles follow a fictional branch of the English Mowbray family from the later Hundred Years’ War through the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. Argyle Mowbray’s murder inquiry begins the numbered sequence at Richard’s divided court, but the dynasty’s concealed origins are established…

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Band of Brothers in Order

by Richard Foreman 3 books 4.1(1,027)

Band of Brothers follows a group of archers, men-at-arms and intelligence agents through Henry V’s 1415 campaign. The Game’s Afoot begins before embarkation with French efforts to revive Scotland’s alliance and an assassination plot in England. Harfleur moves the company into siege warfare, while Agincourt brings soldiers and…

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The Stewart Chronicle in Order

by J.R. Tomlin 4 books 4.1(6,780)

The Stewart Chronicle dramatises the reigns of James I and James II of Scotland. The opening books follow Prince James from his capture by the English in 1406 through years at the courts of Henry IV and Henry V, his marriage to Joan Beaufort, and his difficult return…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Henry V of England (9 books)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Henry V of England (13 books)

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