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First published in 1898, and following on from Volume 1, this
second volume charts the history of medieval warfare from 1278 to
1485. Written by Sir Charles Oman, one of the great medievalists of
his time, this book remains for students and general readers one of
the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages. Many of the
chapters have been re-written in view of new research. This edition
is based on Methuen's 1978 revised and enlarged edition, which
includes new chapters on the Swiss Confederacy, the Tartars, the
Ottoman Turks, The Italian Condottieri, the English campaigns in
France in the 15th century, the Wars of the Roses, and the early
employment of artillery.
The old mystery of the 'Lyons Mail' is of all crime-problems the
most complicated and interesting. It is not even yet forgotten, as
those will remember who saw the elder and the younger Irving, play
the double part of Lesurques and Dubosq-a sort of misreading of the
problem of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. But the real story is tangled
up with all manner of historical persons. The lost money was going
to General Bonaparte, then on his first victorious campaign in the
Italian Alps: three of the 'Directors' La Revelliere - Lepeaux,
Gohier and Merlin dispute in the affair. Madame Tallien - 'Notre
Dame de Thermidor' makes a flitting appearance: still more
improbably the two famous epicures of the age - Cambaceres and
Brillat-Savarin take the chair. Even Talleyrand shows for a moment.
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