First Sword In History
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History of the Sword
Author: Bruce LaFontaine
language: en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date: 1998-01-13
Forty-four carefully researched, ready-to-color drawings depict swords and their bearers from prehistory through the 17th century. Detailed captions enhance this rich pictorial history for colorists, students of weaponry, and armchair adventurers.
The Sword and the Crucible
The sword was the most important of weapons, but relatively little has been written about its metallurgy. The results of the microscopic examination of over a hundred swords are used to tell the story of the making of swords from the first examples through the Middle Ages to the 16th century.