"The Illustrated History of Weaponry: From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons" is a comprehensive look at the often deadly, sometimes surprising, always fascinating tools of battle. Extraordinary weapons from around the world, some never before photographed, are collected in this one-of-a-kind volume. There are weapons which were owned by Napoleon, Himmler, Catherine the Great, Mussolini, Jefferson Davis and Kaiser Wilhelm, amongst others, and there is information on great weapons innovators such as Forsyth, Remington, Colt and Kalashnikov. Finally, a variety of weapons of espionage, curiosities and rarities completes this fascinating selection.
- ISBN10 178097275X
- ISBN13 9781780972756
- Publish Date 9 May 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
- Imprint Carlton Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English