"'Bosworth 1485 - A Battlefield rediscovered' - book review" Topic

I've done a brief review of this new book by Anne Curry and Glenn Foarde, which uses all the recent archeological finds, on my blog.

Link here if anyone's interested . link

A thoroughly recommended publication.
Simon.

Nice

Yes, thanks for the review.

I expect that I could find it through a web search, but do you have a link to the book at the publisher's website?

Found it!
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an excellent summary, Simon – I think you have done a great job of boiling it down to the essentials.

For those not familiar with the archaeology, the book is an essential guide. I was less happy with the 'battlefield found' chapter … Having demolished everyone-else's theories Foard and Curry are more than coy with their own. They don't really nail things down at all.

Now I am sure there is a valid argument that says 'we have found the battlefield, just we can only speculate on orientation and deployment' … well, yes, but people will want to know – and it seems to me after all that text, the authors ought to be clearer what they think happened (and given the number of illustrations, perhaps clarify it with a diagram …

So … a good blog entry summarising a somewhat disappointing book.

Phil
Ancients on the Move
PS I will have mine on the Society of Ancients stand along with the Bosworth game if anyone wants a flip through and a chat …

Thanks for the info. Just picked it up!