Scan The Illustrated Directory Of Swords & Sabres: A Visual Encyclopedia Of 400 Edged Weapons, Including Swords, Sabres, Pikes, Bills, Spears, Polearms And Lances Portrayed By Harvey J.S. Withers Readable In Audio Books

Fascinating pictorial of sword amp pole arm evolution across cultures and purposes, Well worth an afternoon perusal! I found this to be a very useful reference for my writing, It provides a useful time frame for each weapon as well as where and in what context it was used.

This broadranging work examines all the most significant edged weapons, Featuring more thanexamples from around the world, it includes not only all types of swords, but also polearms, pikes, lances and spears, and also offers information on African, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Indian and Southeast Asian weapons.
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