Warlords: Ancient, Celtic, Medieval

by Tim Newark

Book Overview

Ancient warriors stayed alive through tactical ingenuity, daring, and ruthless determination, and adhered to codes of loyalty that determined their military action. This did not, however, mitigate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854093495
• ISBN13: 9781854093493
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book about the Bloody Past!

Good solid Text about the birth of Modern Europe and the Warlords who kept a very rough peace in order for it to grow. Great Pictures by the Wizard Angus McBride! A good buy in my humble opinion.

The stories of those that we don't usually hear about

This book is a wonderfully engaging history of the more colourful characters through history. He touches on the real reasons that Rome conquered the Celtic realms, and why they were beaten by the germanic tribes eventually. He has chapters on pretty much every proto-civilisation around europe and the middle east that had a battle-oriented society. He also tells a more complete and truthful story of specific warlords (like Arthur of Wales, and William Wallis) that are quite different to the Hollywood versions! There are some wonderful illustrations throughout the book, done by Angus Mc Bride, that are some of the most accurate and realistic interpretations of our knowledge of clothing, weapons and armour of the time. One of my favourite history books.

Informative and entertaining...

This book is actually three previous books by this author combined into a single volume... Mr. Newark has studied his subject well and presents the history of each era in a coherent and interesting fashion... Most of the names in the book, with a few exceptions, wil not be familiar to the average reader, for this is not about the kings and emperors of those days, but about those who truly ruled in those turbulent times. The book is profusely illustrated by drawings dating from roughly Victorian England back to the periods under discussion, along with photos of archological finds, plus color section done by an excellent historical artist, Angus McBride. For the person interested in these periods of history, this book is well worth the money....