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In literature

Henry V was often a figure of literary imagination and romantic interpretations, often used as a traditional character of a morally great king in the works of many writers, playwrights and dramatists. This is notably so in his depiction in Henry V, a play largely based on the life of Henry V by William Shakespeare. This and other plays about Richard II, Henry V's father Henry IV and son Henry VI are known as the Henriad in Shakespearean scholarship. It depicts the king as a pious but cunning ruler who ventured on a campaign to France to become heir to the French throne. This largely acquainted audiences and the wider population with the king's reign and his character as a whole.

In the other depictions of Henry V in literature, he is a character in William Kenrick 's sequel to Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, known as Falstaff's Wedding. In the play, Henry plays a minor role. In Georgette Heyer 's Simon the Coldheart Henry also appears as a minor character. In other works, Henry V is the main character such as in Good King Harry by Denise Giardina. He is also a minor character in Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell.