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The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose

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Impressively researched and intelligent. Includes superior analytical narratives of many of the battles of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; analysis of wounds and medical care; a good discussion of the armor penetrating capacity of longbow arrows; etc. Thoroughly documented for scholars, but accessible to the general reader. I am a specialist in this era of military history, and can highly recommend this book.

Prof. Clifford J. Rogers

I've read a lot of books about the longbow in the course of research for a historical fiction series, The Strongbow Saga, that I'm the author of. This is without question the best book on the subject I've found. Although expensive, it's incredibly thorough and comprehensive. Skip the others and buy this one--it covers every aspect of the subject, over a wide historical period.

If you are interested in medieval archery, this book is the #*_!. If you're not, why are you reading this?

Admirably puts the pricipal topic into historical context, substantially aiding my rearch.