Henry of Monmouth, Prince Hal, is barely recovered from a near-fatal wound when his father leaves him to retake his land. Owain Glendower and Edmund Mortimer, however, have French allies and the most inhospitable landscape to aid them. All that Prince Hal has to guide him is the guardian of kings, Will Strongstaff. The two of them have to fight treachery and those who count money as well as more traditional enemies, the Welsh archers.
As the two of them fight together the young prince learns the skills which will help him, in the fullness to time and when his King of England, to not only defeat but to crush and humiliate the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
This is the story of how a prince became a general and how he learned to fight!
This is the story of a young Prince Henry who is learning to be a leader. After the Battle of Shrewsbury, he has to reclaim his inheritance. It is also the story of Will Strongstaff and his family. I like to try to imagine the lives of the families who live in the periods about which I write. The history of England is as much about the ordinary folk as it is about Kings, Queens and nobles.
