Crecy 1346

Crecy 1346 Ref: CAM71
Triumph of the Longbow

by David Nicolle

Includes four paintings by Graham Turner

Books bought from Studio 88 are individually
hand-signed by artist Graham Turner

From the publisher's website:
An illustrated, detailed account of the Battle of Crécy, the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War.

It pitted the French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation; this was the battle where he 'won his spurs'. The Genoese crossbowmen were outshot by the English longbows and the pattern was set for the rest of the day: the French cavalry were committed piecemeal in fruitless charges against strong English positions, losing perhaps 10,000 men in the course of the fighting.

This books demonstrated how, after almost a millennium in which cavalry had dominated the field of battle, the infantryman, and particularly the longbowman, now ruled supreme.

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Paperback
248 x 184mm
96 pages
Published June 2000

Price: £16.99

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Original Paintings

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Giclée Prints

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