Michael’s Reviews > Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King > Status Update

It just reads continuously, and interestingly so well that I hate to put it down for any reason. Some of the names are thought-provoking, too. Names like Tiptoft, Broadmore, Beauchamp, and a few others make me want to keep my copy close by for reference in future fiction writing. It’s a really enjoyable book.

In this format it reads very easily and a lot like modern U.S. politics with its personality, event, and political weight coverage. I’m learning a lot fast, and encountering new aspects of office holding, as well as historical basics in England.

This strategy to write in present tense could push the book Henry V to enormous success. I’ve always enjoyed history, anyway, but this content is a lot more likeable.
Henry V’s later teen years were filled with very intense preparation for his eventual kingship, which quickens as his father’s health see-saws prior to his death.

Henry V picks up fast as it moves into the secession of one king to another, and we can clearly see the young Henry edging ever closer to the thrown himself. There’s some serious drama when he stops an arrow with his face in the Battle of Shrewsbury.

The continuity is nice, smooth, and one of the first things you notice.

Magnificent. Author Dan Jones takes the reader into an empathetic path by breaking the supposed rules and writes in present tense whenever possible. I have problems setting my review copy down.