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Wednesday, June 21. 2006

Agincourt

Kirsh at the New York Sun reviews a new book on Agincourt, A Victory Owed to God, by Barker. Sounds good. Where do they find writers as good and knowledgeable as Kirsh? Anyway, had to include this quote:

This story shall the good man teach his son:
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers:
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother: be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England, now abed,
Shall think themselves accurst they were not here;
And hold their manhoods cheap, while any speaks,
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

(Here's the whole speech.)

Posted by Bird Dog in History at 18:14 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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This is the greatest pep speech in the history of literature.

Here's a funny story:

I bought the movie 'War of the Roses' with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner not too long ago (it was the $6.99 movie at Target). Some friends came over and saw it on top of the tv case and asked what it was about. I summarized it, and they said they thought it was about a War in England. I gave them the really short version of the battle of Agincourt and the ensuing Hundred Years War/War of the Roses. Thety didn't seem to care, except for when I said "Joan of Arc." Then they wanted to know what the name of the movie was that had "the girl from the make-up ads" and Dustin Hoffman.

It's sad that no one cares about history anymore. I shouldn't say no one -- even my wife has warmed up to the History Channel lately.
#1 Granddaddy Long Legs (Link) on 2006-06-21 20:52 (Reply)

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