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The Book of Swords
List Price: $20.00 Our Price: $14.71 (As of May 24, 10:10 AM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com on orders over $25 (details)  • This book is in our bibliography • This book is on 2 myArmoury member lists Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Hardcover 43 third-party copies available from: $10.19 (As of May 24, 10:10 AM) 
Other items of interest: • Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives: A Practical and Illustrated Guide to Knife Fighting • The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) • Old Sword Play: Techniques of the Great Masters (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) • Reclaiming The Blade [DVD] • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Swords and Sabers: An authorative history and visual directory of edged weapons from around the world, shown in over 800 stunning colour photographs  Product Description: The sword is the most revered of all of man’s weapons. Although the club is older, the knife more universal, and the firearm much more efficient, it is to the sword that most decoration, myth, mysticism and reverence has been given. The katana has been called “The Soul of the Samurai,” the Vikings lavished love, care and attached wonderful names to their weapons. The sword has been the symbol of Justice, of Vengeance, and of Mercy. No one artifact has so captured the imagination as has the sword. As our society has grown more and more advanced, and more reliant on technology, there has been an increased interest in the weapons of the past. The romance of the sword is very much alive—but movies, books and fiction of all types have romanticized the past, and particularly the sword, beyond all recognition of the real thing. Drawing on information from grave excavations, illustrations of battle scenes, and many classical and medieval literary sources, this book discusses how contemporaries showed swords were used. Building on Oakeshott and other authoritative writers on the subject, this volume, representing ten years of writing and a lifetime of experience, will add to the body of knowledge of the history of swords by illustrating not only the beauty of the form of the sword, but also their beauty of function. Product Details/Specifications: Authors: Hank Reinhardt Recording label: Baen Publishers: Baen Manufacturer: Baen EAN: 9781439132821 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 1439132828 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 256 Publication date: 2009-08-11 Release date: 2009-08-11 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Data cached: May 24, 2013 10:10 AM (GMT -8 hours) |
