Das Zeichen des Sieges

They sought victory and found immortality. The shepherd's son Nicholas Hook is considered a good-for-nothing, but he has an extraordinary gift: every arrow he shoots hits its target. Thus, Nick joins King Henry V's army in 1415 as they cross to the mainland. When he meets the beautiful Melisande, she teaches him that not all Frenchmen are devils. One day, in the village of Azincourt, 6,000 Englishmen face an army of 30,000 French knights. An unequal battle. The birth of a legend. "No one in the world can do this better than Bernard Cornwell, bringing six hundred-year-old action to life as if it were just a week ago, with tough, rugged warriors who make it clear that nothing changes, least of all the art of telling good stories.".