I have read a few books by Gabriele Esposito and found them really interesting and packed to the rafters of great images and reconstructions of dress and equipment. This book, while less than 200 pages, is packed solid. This is a great book for re-enactors and those interested in this time period. There is a […]
The Secrets of History’s Most Famous Embroidery Hidden in Plain Sight The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the entire panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books portraying the Tapestry […]
The 1066 Norman Bruisers The 1066 Norman Bruisers conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation’s history: how a bunch of European thugs became the quintessentially English gentry. In 1066 go-getting young immigrant Osbern Fitz-Tezzo crossed the Channel in […]
With our upcoming Viking combat school next year, I thought it would be a great idea over the next few months to read as much as possible on the Vikings, their combat techniques, and weaponry. One of the latest books, I received to review was the Vikings at War book. This is a meaty tome […]
