Shrewsbury 1403 - Struggle for a Fragile Crown

The battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 is one of the most important battles in English history. King Henry IV faced his erstwhile ally Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland in a bloody contest on a field outside the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury where two English armies, well-matched, and fighting with similar equipment and tactics, struggled in an archery duel in which the arrows ''fell like leaves in Autumn'', before the battle was ultimately decided in close quarter hand-to-hand combat. With his victory, Henry IV secured the Lancastrian hold on the kingdom and demonstrated the right of his bloodline to the throne. Using full colour artwork and specially commissioned battlefield maps and illustrations, this is the fascinating story of the battle without which the reign of Henry V, his wars and glorious victories against the French, and the later disastrous reign of Henry VI and subsequent Wars of the Roses could not have happened.>

Product details

• Authors: Dickon Whitewood
• Assisted by: Graham Turner (Illustration), Graham (Illustrator) Turner (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781472826800
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2680-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign; Campaign
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, Europe, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, CE period up to c 1500, Warfare & defence, Medieval History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Battles & campaigns, History and Archaeology, Battles and campaigns