The Story of Knights and Armor

224 Pages·1961·25.85 MB·English

by  Ernest Edward Tucker

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Not since Mark Twain's immortal
ConnecticutYankee has abooksowell
succeeded in taking you back into the
Age of Chivalry.
These knights are real people who
not only lead crusades and fight in
tournaments but, something harder,
carry about their heavy loads of chain
mail, weapons and armor plate. They
parade before you and you ride with
them until you know their hardships
aswellastheir triumphs, their squires
and their war horses, and now and
then, their fair ladies. From the first
mounted troops who supplanted the
foot-slogging Roman legions, through 940.1 Tucker, Ernest S
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knights who once owned all Europe, armor
the men on horseback sweep through
these pages as they once charged
across the map.
The author makes it clear that by
modern standardstheknight's lifewas
not one to be envied. Yet, even today,
there is glamour and gallantry in the
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LOTHROP, LEE AND SHEPARD COMPANY, INC. • NEW YORK
®1961 by ErnestE.Tucker
LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber: 61-15443
Allrightsreserved Printed in the U.S.A.
To my son, Ernest H. Tucker, who
likes to hear stories about great
deeds and high adventure, this book
is affectionately dedicated.
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