| #883211 in Books | Osprey | 2013-09-17 | 2013-09-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.80 x.22 x6.86l, | File Name: 1782000852 | 80 pages | 9781782000853
||15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| Expert history of an iconic weapon.|By Rai Skrupskis|Mike Loades writes clearly and with great authority about the history and use of this weapon. He covers the technical and tactical aspects of the longbow in remarkable detail for such a slim volume. His treatment of the effectiveness of arrows against various types of armor is exemplary and illuminating. Excellent illustra|About the Author|Mike Loades is a respected author, broadcaster, director and action arranger who has made numerous television appearances as a historical weapons expert and military historian. His book Swords and Swordsmen, published by Pen & Sword in 2010, at
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 Crécy and Poitiers, and remained an important battlefield weapon through...
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