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32 pages : colour illustrations Contents: Piercing pikes and lances: spiked weaponry for foot soldiers and cavalry -- Lethal longbow: raining arrows on the enemy -- Lopping with longswords: knights clashing in close combat -- Slicing with the szabla: the deadly blade of the Polish hussar -- Gashing with the gunsen and gunbai: formidable Japanese war fans -- Slashing with shamshir: swinging into action with the Persian cavalry -- Cutting with the killer katana: the samurai's sword of destruction -- Whacking with the war hammer: delivering death with one blow -- Fast, fatal flail: sowing chaos and confusion -- Beastly medieval battleaxe: the foot soldier's crescent-shaped chopper -- Wars and warriors: famous battles and their weaponry Summary: From bludgeoning war hammers to mighty longswords and battleaxes, metal weapons clashed on the battlefield from ancient times and onwards. Dynamic, realistic artwork portrays ten warrior styles from different times and places, with fascinating facts about weaponry and fighting skills Warrior