I am late with this exciting news - apologies. I have been off social media and busy with something else for a couple of weeks. The exciting news is that Dr Toby Capwell’s next book is at the printers and it promises to be an absolute treasure for those who appreciate the beauty of armour. Take a look at the link and you can see that this is going to be a sumptuous offering full of the most wonderful images (and I don’t doubt some wonderful and insightful writing too). www.olympiaauctions.com/about-us/publications/armour-of-the-english-knight-an-armourers-album/?fb...... See MoreSee Less
Whilst we're hanging out in the Bronze Age - see yesterdays post about the superb brinze sowrds found in Turkey that can claim to be the earliest examples of swords found to date - then this discovery of a Bronze Age breastplate found in Czechia may be of interest.Bronze is such a beautiful material and when we think of warriors of that age bedecked in burnished bronze like this, it lifts the imagination. What a glorious sight they must have been.... See MoreSee Less