Swords and swordsmen /
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Author / Creator: | Loades, Mike. |
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Imprint: | Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2010. |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136465 |
ISBN: | 9781848847033 1848847033 9781848841338 1848841337 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | This magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn't claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain surviving examples as landmarks on a fascinating journey through the history of swords. Each is selected because it can be linked to a specific individual, thus telling their story too and giving a human interest. So the journey starts with the sword of Tutankhamun and ends with the swords of J E B Stuart and George Custer. Along the way we take in Henry V, Cromwell and Uesugi Kenshin, |
Other form: | Print version: Loades, Mike. Swords and swordsmen. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2010 9781848841338 |
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