More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects' welfare

In Shakespeare's work, Henry V appears as a single-minded warrior-king. But in this deeply researched volume, the author introduces the real Henry: an exceptional hands-on monarch who was innovative, pious, reluctant to use force except in pursuit of justice, and acutely conscious of his subjects' welfare.