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This offers a clear and simple introduction to the complexity of the Hundred Years War.
Nicolle, a noted military historian with a long history with Osprey Publishhng, does the honours here provided a lucid and easy to follow introduction before taking us through the invasion, the fighting at Caen and the French response to the humiliation of English troops ravaging their soil.
For so well known a battle as Crecy, it may be surprising to learn that there remain significant areas of historical doubt. Wisely, given the limited page count available, Nicolle does not delve deeply into what the actual strategy Edward III was employing (raid or invasion?) was. That would take a far more in depth study to give due credit to it's importance
The centrepoint is of course the battle and the destruction of the French nobility which he describes well Having already, as per the format detailed the armies and their make up, the account of them in action is highly satisfying.
This like all this series is a brief inftroduction and inspires the reader to dig deeper.
Nicolle, a noted military historian with a long history with Osprey Publishhng, does the honours here provided a lucid and easy to follow introduction before taking us through the invasion, the fighting at Caen and the French response to the humiliation of English troops ravaging their soil.
For so well known a battle as Crecy, it may be surprising to learn that there remain significant areas of historical doubt. Wisely, given the limited page count available, Nicolle does not delve deeply into what the actual strategy Edward III was employing (raid or invasion?) was. That would take a far more in depth study to give due credit to it's importance
The centrepoint is of course the battle and the destruction of the French nobility which he describes well Having already, as per the format detailed the armies and their make up, the account of them in action is highly satisfying.
This like all this series is a brief inftroduction and inspires the reader to dig deeper.
