Sir: Yesterday I went in to Barnes & Noble Booksellers without any thought of a book to buy. When I paused at the new releases collection the title AGINCOURT caught my eye. I picked up that book, not because of an interest in particular of European history but rather due to a magnified feeling for family. An ancestor of mine, THOMAS CROCHRODE, had fought at Agincourt. He is not listed in the records I have of him with title of sir and thus I am lead to believe he was not a knight. I do not know what part he played in the battle; perhaps he bore a pike or yes, maybe he was an archer, I know not his part in that scene only that he participated in it. I thank you for this great book. I am currently at the section before Harfleur when the sow was made to protect the diggers of the trench toward the wall of Harflour. Your bringing the action of early 15th Centuty English troops alive through this book is truly captivating my heart as I read page to page with the thought of the blood coursing through my veins having been there in the body of a long deceased progenitor. THOMAS CROCHRODE was born about 1395 and he married about 1425; hardly a lot known of the man; the only other vestige of information I have on him is the cryptic: ‘@ Agincourt, Oct 1415.” Thanks ever so much for adding to the depth of my knowledge concerning this specific campaign. I must run and rejoin the forces of King Henry now as the book is truly hard to put down. In sincerity, Alan