Mr Cornwell, I just finished Agincourt and greatly enjoyed it. Its a great story and you really made the battle come to life for me in ways I hadnt thought of before. Before reading your book I was somewhat familiar with the battle and its place in history, but had never thought about some of the details like how many arrows you would need for 5,000 archers, and how quickly that vast number could be exhausted. The question that nags at me now involves the use the squire particularly for the French in this battle. In the book you describe the French squires providing replacement weapons for their assigned knights. How were the squires armored in this time period? I can understand the French knight struggling forward in full plate armor and his visor down making it through (with great difficulty) the British long bow attack, but how did the squires accomplish this? Were they also equipped with plate armor? My assumption is that they wouldnt have been, but perhaps that is the source of my confusion. When I think of the squires without expensive plate armor its hard to imagine any of them making it to the British lines even if they werent the primary archer targets. When I think of them with plate Im still amazed that a 13 to 14 year old boy could cross the field in heavy plate carrying multiple weapons and other gear for their knight while enduring the arrow storm of the battle. Thanks again for a great story, and I look forward to exploring some of your other works. Doug Clinger