The Manual for British Men: 120 Manly Skills from British History

by Chris McNab

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The contents include day-to-day skills such as how to besiege a castle, fire a longbow, correctly clean a maxim machine gun and capture an enemy trench; sporting sciences such as jousting, fencing and boxing (Queensbury Rules, of course); and domestic essentials such as how to hunt, kill, clean and cook a wild boar. Airmen and soldiers, knights and pages, gentlemen and rogues: to you we say pip pip, and what what! Stiffen your lip and tighten your sword belt! Tie down your trebuchets, wax your moustache, and delve into this manliest of manuals.
  • ISBN10 0750959282
  • ISBN13 9780750959285
  • Publish Date 2 June 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The History Press Ltd
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 128
  • Language English