Using Soissons as a demonstration of French brutality to inflame his troops (now including Hook), he embarks on the siege of Harfleur. Back in England, King Henry V means to pursue his claim to the French throne. He is at Soissons when the French retake the city from the Burgundians and brutally sack it in such a violent manner that all of Europe is shocked. The feud eventually sees Hook declared an outlaw, and he flees to France to fight as a mercenary. Nicholas Hook is a forester and archer involved in a bitter feud with a rival family, the Perrils.
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