Children's Fiction Military & Wars
My Story: A Hail of Arrows
Jenkin Lloyd, Agincourt, France 1415
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2009
- Category
- Military & Wars, Europe
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780545990400
- Publish Date
- Mar 2009
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
A defining battle in the Hundred Years War, through the eyes of one of its soldiers — a fourteen-year-old boy.
At his father's deathbed, 14-year-old Jenkin Lloyd is bestowed with one last gift, his father's most prized possession — a longbow that has been passed down from father to son for generations. When Jenkin becomes one of thousands of Welsh boys sent to help King Henry V of England claim Agincourt, a part of France, he strives to honour the skill and power of this weapon, as his father has done before him.
While remaining historically accurate, A Hail of Arrows captures the sights and sounds and emotions felt by a group of boys who were sent into an impossible battle by a vengeful king. Outnumbered by the French, weakened by starvation and dysentery, these teenage archers were key in pulling off an amazing victory against overwhelming odds.