{"product_id":"the-longbow-weapon-book-30","title":"The Longbow (Weapon Book 30)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing specially commissioned full-colour artwork and written by an expert on medieval weapons, an engaging study on the development, battlefield use and lasting influence of the longbow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53957942968688,"sku":"978-1782000877","price":10.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53957943001456,"sku":"978-1782000877","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/915o8oBlCAL._SY522.jpg?v=1782788148","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/the-longbow-weapon-book-30","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}