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This book
is truly a high quality product, beautifully
produced and with lavish illustration
throughout, many in full colour. As well
as pictures of weapons, often in close-up,
there is a wide range of pictures showing
swords being used for ceremonial
purposes, in battle and for sport. A great
read and highly recommended.
--Military Illustrated, January 2011
is truly a high quality product, beautifully
produced and with lavish illustration
throughout, many in full colour. As well
as pictures of weapons, often in close-up,
there is a wide range of pictures showing
swords being used for ceremonial
purposes, in battle and for sport. A great
read and highly recommended.
--Military Illustrated, January 2011
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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, and there is the most detailed discussion you'll find anywhere of all of George Washington's swords. The chapters on these specific swords and swordsmen are alternated with more general chapters on the changing technical developments and fashions in swords and their use. The reader's guide on this historical tour is Mike Loades. Mike has been handling swords most of his life, as a fight arranger, stuntman and historical weapons expert for TV and stage. He considers the sword as a functional weapon, work of art, fashion statement and cultural icon. As much as his profound knowledge of the subject, it is his life-long passion for swords that comes through on every page. His fascinating text is supported by a lavish wealth of images, many previously unpublished and taken specifically for this book.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the best blade books I have read,
This review is from: Swords and Swordsmen (Hardcover)
Having read many books on the development and typology of swords, I have finally found one that not only has fantastic information, but is a cracking good read as well. Mike Loades has taken his considerable passion and knowledge of the sword to create a work that enables everyone to gain an understanding of it's development, and the men who used them. The perfect mix of historical background, evolution of design and anecdotal experience, this book is a must read for anyone interested in the most widely used weapon in history.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Cant Put it Down,
This review is from: Swords and Swordsmen (Hardcover)
Every so often a book comes along that is historically accurate, far ranging and exciting. Swords and Swordsmen is such a book, great value for money, I found it almost impossible to put down.The pictures are qulity and unique the narrative easy to understand, it is a book that swept me along, lost all track of time. Thouroughly recommendable.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Swords and Swordsman - absoluteley outstanding!!!!!,
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This review is from: Swords and Swordsmen (Hardcover)
Mike Loades writes with decades of experience in weaponry behind him, and the sword sings through his pages. The history, manufacture and usage of weapons are explained with vivid accuracy, a quirky humour [ Just try the section on the combats between backsword and rapier, especially when Spaniards are involved!], but above all, a lyrical awareness of combat weapons that at times gives a real insight into the past. He describes how a replica viking sword , forged traditionally, flickers a dragon tongue of light along the blade as condesation clears on a cold morning.My only complaint is that I couldn't put it down and read it non-stop to the break of a bleary dawn! This is destind to become definitive in the study of historic weapons and swordplay.
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