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Although the longbow is best known for its deployment during the Hundred Years War, its origins lie with ancient Saxon seafighters and Welsh craftsmen, while today the bow is a vibrant part of the traditional archery scene. Through a remarkable command of primary sources and a judicious use of material evidence including his own important collection of rare longbows Hugh Soar establishes the deep connections of this bow to England, Scotland, and Wales and chronicles its use in warfare. In addition to the illustrated text, the book contains appendices detailing the history and design of bracers, tabs and tips, quivers, and arrowheads associated with the longbow.
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HUGH D. H. SOAR is a leading specialist on traditional archery, including the history, design, and use of the longbow. He is author of Secrets of the English War Bow and The Romance of Archery, both available from Westholme Publishing.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In The Crooked Stick Hugh Soar provides historically sound and wonderfully entertaining information about diverse aspects of the history of the longbow. Though he gives appropriate attention to the much-studied use of the longbow in the Hundred Years War, Soar begins his book with fascinating chapters about the early development of the bow and the place of the bow in the elaborate ritual of medieval hunting. After continuing through an excellent discussion of the English war bow, Soar moves on to the less familiar ground of the development of recreational and social archery in England, including the rise of the archery societies in the Victorian period.
Throughout the book Soar maintains a pleasant, somewhat conversational style. The reader can easily imagine that he is listening to Mr. Soar as he gives a talk to one of the longbow societies in which he is well known. The combination of this agreeable tone with the well selected historical information makes for a thoroughly pleasurable and rewarding read. The Crooked Stick should be read by anyone with even a casual interest in the longbow, and should be added to the library of anyone with a deeper interest.
Throughout the book Soar maintains a pleasant, somewhat conversational style. The reader can easily imagine that he is listening to Mr. Soar as he gives a talk to one of the longbow societies in which he is well known. The combination of this agreeable tone with the well selected historical information makes for a thoroughly pleasurable and rewarding read. The Crooked Stick should be read by anyone with even a casual interest in the longbow, and should be added to the library of anyone with a deeper interest.
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At last... a book about the longbow that is informative, easy to read (and understand), and which isn't the size of a telephone directory. Written with a light but authoritive touch, Soar informs and entertains in equal measure. Excellent book, highly recommended.
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I was disappointed with this book, partially as I was expecting a well researched piece of work. I found there was much conjecture and an overall lack of convincing research. There were large gaps in chronology, particularly in the use of the war bow in the Anglo-Scottish campaigns. I found also there were significant historical inaccuracies, which would have been obvious to any amateur historian.
Most annoyingly a large portion of the book was devoted to contemporary usage of the longbow as an instrument of amusement. Here the author did manage to provide good detail (a little too much in fact)about which archery associations were patronised by whom. This was frankly extremely tedious and the author clearly ran out of good material, having to pad out the remainder of the book with useless snippets. There are far more worthy and informed books on this subject, and I would direct any potential reader to them.
Most annoyingly a large portion of the book was devoted to contemporary usage of the longbow as an instrument of amusement. Here the author did manage to provide good detail (a little too much in fact)about which archery associations were patronised by whom. This was frankly extremely tedious and the author clearly ran out of good material, having to pad out the remainder of the book with useless snippets. There are far more worthy and informed books on this subject, and I would direct any potential reader to them.
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