AGINCOURT

This is a story of mud, blood, guts, and miracles. The legend of the infamous fifteenth-century battle of Agincourt, miraculously won by a bedraggled and outnumbered invading English army against the French, is beautifully told with a seasoned and convincing voice. Charles Keating skillfully negotiates between the saints, sinners, lords, and pawns of the English. Inexplicably missing from this stellar performance is a French accent, the lack of which sometimes makes it difficult to know which side is speaking. However, this book is so compelling, and the performance so extraordinary, that the fault is minor. This audiobook is a tribute to an oral tradition that began with battles won and lost over sovereignty and the fickle favoritism of the gods. L.P. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2009]