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Otterburn 1388: Bloody Border Conflict (Campaign)

By: Peter Armstrong
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1841769800
ISBN-13: 9781841769806
Released: 08 Mar 2006
RRP: £13.99
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A great book about a nasty little fight - By: Maciej K., 06 Jun 2007
Otterburn 1388 was not a very big battle & in fact it was not much more than an episode in the long story of Scottish plundering expeditions & English punitive raids that took place from XIII to XV centuries. And still, the author managed to give of it a reallly passionating (although rigorously sticking to historical evidence) account. There is something in Peter Armstrong writing that make me think about Tolkien - if Tolkien was writing about real history. For example, when dealing with the aspect of the battlefield, it is reallly a "tour de force" to describe the hills, hedges & some old trees in such a way, that the reader is "hooked" even before any actual fighting took place. Once the author moves to describe the leaders of both armies & some of the principal warriors, things got even better. The story is well written, clear & interesting. Maps are good, & the colour plates are strangely appealing, although the style used by Stephen Walsh is usuallly not my favourite. I just loved this one - if there is anything more about Scottish wars by Peter Armstrong coming from Osprey, I will buy it with my eyes closed.