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Swords: An Artist's Devotion (2008)

by Ben Boos(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0763631485 (ISBN13: 9780763631482)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: Beautiful book about the use of swords throughout history. The illustrations by Ben Boos include an incredible amount of detail. Illustrations are captioned with lots of interesting factual information. The text begins with ancient swords and covers medieval weapons, samurai swords, and other swords from various fighting classes around the world. Definitely an interesting read for anyone interested in cultures that have a history of sword usage!
review 2: I would never have guessed there was so much to know about swords. Or rather I guess I knew there was, but it never occurred to me it would be so vast and so interesting to learn about! Swords covers this vast amount of information like Bronze Age swords and Iron Age swords, types of hilts, things about so... moreldiers, knights, and more. It was so fascinating to read about. PLUS you get awesome pictures along side it! The was a whole chapter on Maidens of War. I loved this - girls who rock totally never get enough attention, in my opinion. I loved that this book touched on so many things, but didn't go real in depth about any of them. The things that really caught my eye, I can now go check out on my own, after I go a bit of information about about everything I can think of when it came to swords.This was a super awesome book! I would definitely check it out if you get the time! less

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