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Item Details
Title:
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THE POWDER OF DEATH
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By: |
Julian Stockwin |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0749019301 |
ISBN 13: |
9780749019303 |
Publisher: |
ALLISON & BUSBY |
Pub. date: |
18 August, 2016 |
Series: |
The Moments of History series 2 |
Pages: |
320 |
Description: |
The Powder of Death tells the story of how gunpowder found its way to the west. |
Synopsis: |
The Powder of Death opens with a returned envoy to China meeting an English scholar in Oxford in the mid-13th century to share a deadly secret. They vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences otherwise are too terrible to contemplate. The novel tells the story of its re-discovery, one man's obsession with the powder of death, and Edward III's determination to use it to his advantage. He does so at the Battle of Crecy, the first full-scale battle at which guns are deployed in the field. The nature of warfare is changed forever, and the world hears the death-knell of Knightly chivalry. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Allison & Busby |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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