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Historical person
John Oldcastle was an English nobleman, soldier and prominent supporter of Lollardy. Once associated with Henry V, he was condemned for heresy, escaped imprisonment and became linked to a failed rising before being captured and executed.
Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1413 is set in 1413, Henry IV dies and Prince Henry becomes Henry V, inheriting a kingdom burdened by debt, rebellion and unresolved claims from the previous reign. Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1414 is set in 1414, Henry V’s government prepares for war with France while diplomacy and church politics pull England into the business of the Council of Constance.
Series
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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Non Fiction
Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.
