The Battle for France

Name: The Battle for France
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by Griff Hosker Book 7 in the Struggle for a Crown series.

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After Agincourt, Henry V returns to France determined to turn battlefield victory into lasting political control. Conquering towns is only part of the task: Burgundy remains a decisive power, and an alliance with Duke John the Fearless could determine whether Henry can isolate his French opponents and strengthen his claim.

Sir William Strongstaff, now an ageing Knight of the Garter, is sent into that diplomatic struggle. His experience makes him useful precisely because the mission cannot be solved by force alone. Negotiation, divided loyalties and the threat of betrayal place him at the centre of Henry’s attempt to convert military success into a settlement that might deliver the French crown.

Historical Periods

Battle of Agincourt1415 CE Joan of Arc1412–1431 CE Glyndŵr Rising1400–1415 CE

Historical people

John of Gaunt1340–1399 Richard II1367–c. 1400 Henry VI1421–1471 Margaret of Anjou1430–1482 Henry V of England1386–1422 Henry IV of England1367–1413 Edward, the Black Prince1330–1376 Joan of Arc1412–1431