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Historical person
1368–1422
Charles VI of France was the king of France whose long reign was weakened by recurrent mental illness and factional conflict. Rivalry between Armagnac and Burgundian factions contributed to civil war, English invasion and the disaster at Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War.
In Joanna Hickson’s The Agincourt Bride, at the troubled court of Charles VI of France, the young servant Mette becomes wet nurse and companion to Catherine of Valois. In Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1410, in 1410, Henry IV’s illness and strained relationship with Prince Hal leave England politically unsettled while France watches for an opportunity to renew the Hundred Years’ War. Other novels featuring Charles VI of France include Bernard Cornwell’s Azincourt, Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1412, Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1415, and Simon Fairfax’s A Knight and a Spy 1413.
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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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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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