Ceremonial Swords of Britain

Regular price €49.99
Regular price €50.99 Sale Sale price €49.99
A01=Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Edward Barrett
A01=Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Edward Barrett MBE
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
artistry
Author_Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Edward Barrett
Author_Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Edward Barrett MBE
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HBJD1
Category=JBCC6
Category=JHB
Category=JHBT
Category=NHD
ceremonial swords
ceremony
civic swords
COP=United Kingdom
craft
Delivery_Pre-order
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
history of the sword
Language_English
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
royal collections
scabbard
softlaunch
state & civic swords
state and civic swords
state swords
sword
swords
tradition

Product details

  • ISBN 9780750962445
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Jan 2017
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days

Our Delivery Time Frames Explained
2-4 Working Days: Available in-stock

10-20 Working Days
: On Backorder

Will Deliver When Available
: On Pre-Order or Reprinting

We ship your order once all items have arrived at our warehouse and are processed. Need those 2-4 day shipping items sooner? Just place a separate order for them!

The British Isles have long been steeped in a rich heritage of ceremony and tradition, and there are few artefacts that evoke this culture so strongly as the ceremonial sword. Undertaking a monumental task to create a celebration of artistry, craft and tradition, author Edward Barrett travelled to over sixty locations, from Edinburgh to Exeter, Camarthen to Canterbury, on a 3,500-mile-long odyssey to inspect, document and measure the eighty-seven state and civic swords of Great Britain. This was followed by a further 1,000-mile journey around Ireland researching similar swords. The individual story behind each of these magnificent works of art is told in full, and the volume also explores the history of the sword, the scabbard and their manufacture, as well as of other ceremonial trappings of each location. With unique access to the Royal Collections and stunning full-colour images throughout, Edward Barrett more than brings this fascinating work to life.

EDWARD BARRETT joined the army in 1960 and trained in the Tower of London and Sandhurst. After thirty-two years of service, he retired and became Clerk to the Charter Trustees in the City of Bath and was national secretary of the Guild of Mace-bearers. He rewrote and expanded their Manual of the Mace and later authored a section about the swords. He previously also revised and rewrote the manual for army officer selection and wrote the officer selection manual for the Territorial Army.