Very distressed to read of an attempt to downplay one of our finest sporting achievements. I am referring of course to our superb victory, playing away from home, against a French team in appalling playing conditions at Agincourt, France. Under the inspired leadership of Henry ("Prince Hal") Plantaganet, our boys completely outplayed the French, despite being heavily outnumbered. If I may borrow a military metaphor, we actually "put them to the sword".
And now some upstart "historian" from Southampton "University" (come off it!) is trying to assert that we weren't outnumbered after all. How can this historian, Anne Curry, spout such nonsense with a straight face when no less an authority than William Shakespeare (Turning of the Shrew, South by Java Head) has asserted the exact opposite?
On the debit side, Henry's controversial decision to allow our boys to "run amok" after the match gave rise to a certain amount of bitterness. it has to be said that his "take no prisoners" strategy was often misunderstood, particularly by the French.
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