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Title: Crecy 1346: Triumph of the Longbow (Campaign Series, 71) by David, Dr Nicolle ISBN: 1-85532-966-2 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Bad editing and shorthand style
Comment: At first I would to say that I have read all titles of this series from antiquity to the Renaissance and my favorite author is D. Nicholle. So, as I received my copy and saw that the artwork is from Graham Turner (my favorite artist; the cover looks different in reality than that depicted above) joyful reading seemed to be assured. But this book is, regarding formal aspects, the weakest I have read by Nicholle, due mainly to aspects which perhaps the author could not control. 1. On the battlefield maps troop units are constantly labelled wrongly (they are often mixed up, e.g. the black prince wing is labelled as the wing of the Earl of Northampton and vice versa), and, not so important, the arrow showing North is facing the wrong direction by 90°. This problem seems to me due to making the maps in the last possible moment before printing (they, too, look different than the cover illustration shown above). 2. eight pages of mostly superfluous wargaming tips deal at length with figure sizes and army scales which everyone could extract from the text themself. Plus, the author of these tips states that the French army is three times the size of the English army which is totally contrary to the book author Nicholle who writes that they are of comparable size. 3. The political reasoning and actual motivation of the campaign are dealt with in three pages which throws just a spot of light on many topics, like the battle of Sluys and the war in Gascony (I needed to the end of the book to find out that the Duke of Normandy was the French king's brother). So, four more pages wouldn't have hurt. 4. I am interested in the evolution of armor and, as many know, this is an important time for it, but you have to search mostly beyond the pictures for information regarding this topic. One or two more words on this in the text wouldn't have hurt anybody. But, to say something positive, the artwork by G. Turner is really great and if the book is revised soon the new points of view on this battle and good description of raising an army in feudal England and France could be more appreciated.
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Title: Agincourt 1415 (Campaign ; No. 9) by M. Bennett ISBN: 1855321327 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: English Longbowman 1330-1515Ad (Warrior, No 11) by Clive Bartlett, Gerry Embleton, Clive Bartlet ISBN: 1855324911 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Armies of Crecy and Poitiers (Men-At-Arms Series, No 111) by Christopher Rothero, Chris Roth ISBN: 0850453933 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: June, 1981 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Towton 1461: England's Bloodiest Battle (Campaign) by Christopher Gravett, Graham Turner ISBN: 1841765139 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Hundred Years' War by Anne. Dr Curry ISBN: 1841762695 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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