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Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus Longbow Design Refined By Ascham: A voice from the past - Couverture souple

Pope, Ian

 
9781447842248: Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus Longbow Design Refined By Ascham: A voice from the past
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1447842243 ISBN 13 : 9781447842248
Editeur : Lulu.com, 2011

Synopsis

If your passion is longbow shooting, longbow making or longbow history, you will gain some great insight from this book. "Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus" takes the words of Roger Ascham (the longbow archers god) and relates them to modern longbow in a way that is both interesting and logical. The book has sufficient depth, allowing you to make your own longbow and understand why. The knowledge in the book comes from the past, and is interpreted for you by the author in a way that is, so obvious that you wonder why people make such a fuss about longbow making. The author actively tries to dispel your fears on making longbow and the diagrams beautifully illustrate the points made. Apart from the fine illustrations, the book contains many quotes from Ascham; a gentleman writing about longbow in the time of King Henry the VIII, his words illuminate the book, these words are controversial but are very enjoyable when read with the authors interpretations. If you want to understand your longbow then start here.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

If your passion is longbow shooting, longbow making or longbow history, you will gain some great insight from this book. "Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus" takes the words of Roger Ascham (the longbow archers god) and relates them to modern longbow in a way that is both interesting and logical. The book has sufficient depth, allowing you to make your own longbow and understand why. The knowledge in the book comes from the past, and is interpreted for you by the author in a way that is, so obvious that you wonder why people make such a fuss about longbow making. The author actively tries to dispel your fears on making longbow and the diagrams beautifully illustrate the points made. Apart from the fine illustrations, the book contains many quotes from Ascham; a gentleman writing about longbow in the time of King Henry the Viii, his words illuminate the book, these words are controversial but are very enjoyable when read with the authors interpretations. If you want to understand your longbow then start here.

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Éditeur
Lulu.com
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1447842243
ISBN 13 
9781447842248
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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