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Paperback Bosworth 1485: Last Charge of the Plantagenets Book

ISBN: 1855328631

ISBN13: 9781855328631

Bosworth 1485: Last Charge of the Plantagenets

(Part of the Osprey Campaign (#66) Series and Osprey Campaign (#66) Series)

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The battle of Bosworth effectively put an end to the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485). Guiding the reader from the campaign's origins to its aftermath, and covering the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Excellent read

Very insightful study. The pictures not only bring the content to life but also make understanding easier.

A good book over an archetyp medieval battle !

First of all, some aspects of the review by Mr. Forczyk are true. But the shortage not absence of historical facts is normal in medieval warfare history (and in the history of warfare in general).To prove this you just have to look of the battles of Crecy and Agincourt which both have many versions (one of the most popular being the English longbow-armed superheroes slay the effiminate French knights despite beeing outnumbered 3 or 6:1).An author who statesthat he couldn't make out the actual positions of army contingents ,or exact casualty figures( which nobody counted then )is generally more worth than one who tells us at length about things where he has no resonable knowledge .The rest of that rewiew is nonfactual.The advance of forces,deployment and battle are dealt with in 45 pages.And this "brief dynastic skirmish" changed English history by a great degree, basically from the medieval routed Plantagenet realm to the renaissance Tudor monarchy.It is true that the battle is quickly told:1.deployment in 3 divisons.2.hail of arrows.3.men at arms charge the center of gravity of the enemy battlelines.But the book covers the background of the conflict, political powerplays, the commanders and the weaponry used very well for the space availible.All in all it is a good introduction to the "Wars of the Roses" seen from the end of it.To say something about the artwork:it is phenomenal.The pictures gave the book a great deal of livelines.
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