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12%OFFAlan Larsen - The Cavalry Lance - 9781472816184 - V9781472816184
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The Cavalry Lance

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Description for The Cavalry Lance Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter (University of Gottingen). Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 70 col. BIC Classification: HBW; JW; JWKT; JWM; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. .
The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance in early modern warfare. However, by 1800 the lance, much changed from its medieval predecessors in both form and function, was back. During the next century the use of the lance spread to the armed forces of almost every Western country, seeing action in every major conflict from the Napoleonic Wars to World War I including the Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars and across the Atlantic in the American Civil War. The lance ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Weapon
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472816184
SKU
V9781472816184
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About Alan Larsen
Alan Larsen graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is a historical events consultant, cavalry re-enactor and occasional television contributor. His work and his hobby have seen him study and recreate mounted warfare of all periods, and have taken him to Africa, America and the Crimea. This is his first book. Henry Yallop is ... Read more

Reviews for The Cavalry Lance
Featuring specially commissioned artwork and drawing upon a variety of sources, this is the engaging story of the cavalry lance at war during the 19th and 20th centuries, from Waterloo to the Somme. - IPMS / USA

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