Agincourt (Bernard Cornwell)

Why it’s on the list: Cornwell’s novel of the 1415 campaign, told through the archer Nicholas Hook from the massacre at Soissons to the field at Agincourt.

Where I heard about it

• Replies to @moseskagan — named in the replies when he asked on X “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)”, April 2025. Full list: What historical fiction should I… (tweet).

About this edition

The recommendation was just the word “Agincourt.” Because the thread asked for historical fiction, this card takes Cornwell’s 2008 novel (published in the UK as Azincourt) rather than Juliet Barker’s 2005 history of the same name.

Connections

• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.