The Perfect Sword: Forging the Dark Ages

by Edoardo Albert and Paul Gething

The story of the Bamburgh Sword - one of the finest swords ever forged.

In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion that the sword had more to tell than appeared, so he sent it for specialist tests. When the results came back, he realised that what he had in his possession was possibly the finest, and certainly the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780277849
• ISBN13: 9781780277844
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Birlinn
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"