wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Swords and Swordsmen
ISBN: 9781526706461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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,...
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 cl...
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138,08 zł |
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi
ISBN: 9781472825537 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) War bows were a mainstay of armies throughout the world from the earliest recorded battles over three thousand years ago to the 16th century, when firearms finally came of age. Even then, in some cultures, the bow remained in use by elite warriors. The bow gave combatants the ability to fight at distance and it played an important role in some of the most famous battles in human history.
War bows were a mainstay of armies throughout the world from the earliest recorded battles over three thousand years ago to the 16th century, when fir...
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181,08 zł |
Dogs: Working Origins and Traditional Tasks
ISBN: 9781526742308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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155,22 zł |
The Longbow
ISBN: 9781782000853 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Boasting a rate of shooting not seen again in English hands until the late 19th century, the longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crecy and Poitiers, and remained an important battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond; it also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use... Boasting a rate of shooting not seen again in English hands until the late 19th century, the longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English mil... |
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82,74 zł |
The Composite Bow
ISBN: 9781472805911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium B.C., the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks, and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, and Chinese. Offering high power and portability, the composite bow was an ideal cavalry weapon, though it was also used by infantry in open battle, and as a siege weapon. In this important study, an expert on Eastern military technology tells the story of this extraordinary piece of military hardware: how it was made...
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium B.C., the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from n...
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88,32 zł |
The Crossbow
ISBN: 9781472824608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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82,74 zł |