1. The Game’s Afoot
In 1415 Henry V prepares to renew England’s war in France, but intelligence suggests that French agents are trying to revive Scotland’s alliance with their kingdom. The king sends Thomas Chaucer and the veteran archer Robert Cooper north to intercept money intended to finance a Scottish…
2. Harfleur
Henry V’s army has landed in Normandy but the fortified port of Harfleur refuses to fall. Disease, shortages and repeated assaults threaten to destroy the expedition before the king can march inland. Thomas Chaucer is sent to negotiate with a French merchant who might supply the…
3. Agincourt
After Harfleur, Henry V leads a weakened English army towards Calais while a much larger French force closes the route. Robert Cooper and his archers must hold their place in a battle where mud, discipline and longbow fire may compensate for exhausted numbers. The story places…