08-15-2010, 02:32 AM
Just finished: 'The Book Of The Sword', by Richard F. Burton, a fascinating work from over a century ago by a man who was well travelled and had actually fought with a sword. The author covers many subjects during his narrative on the ancient weapon and quotes many Classical historians such as; Herodotus, Plutarch etc.
Anyone interested in the sword and it's vast history should read this interesting book.
Anyone interested in the sword and it's vast history should read this interesting book.
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad