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Timely Take-aways for life-long Learners: Modern European History: A Fresh Look

Several new works of nonfiction provide fresh insights into early modern and modern European history. Beyond the violence and wars, these books examine the period through archaeology, political actions, and the roles of women.

Bosworth: The Archaeology of the Battlefield
Richard Mackinder, Feb 2022, Pen and Sword Military, Casemate Publishers
Themes: History, Military
Richard Mackinder uses the latest archaeological research to take readers step-by-step through the Battle of Bosworth (1485) that began the early modern era.
Take-aways: Use this fascinating work to help youth better understanding the role of physical evidence and archaeology in understanding key historical events.

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This book gives a well written overview of the battle of Bosworth and what it meant at the time and what ti means today. There’s nothing new for those who know the period but it’s a good introduction for those who do not.

A very good historical book on the battle of bosworth and what the outcome of the battle meant to the victors and the losers. Very well researched facts are brought to life. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good historical read.

This book is an interesting mix of accessible reading for the history buff and armchair archaeologists, detailing the discoveries and lists findings made during the archaeological surveys conducted over the course of several years.
While it helps bring to life the difficulties of King Richard III’s final battle and the logistics of it from all sides, one of the greatest things I think this book does, is to remind the reader that while history has happened, we are constantly making new discoveries about it.
The well written and interesting self guided walking tour provided within, helps remind us that history is still all around us.
A good read for Ricardian enthusiasts and those interested in battlefield archaeology.

I received an Arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Pen and Sword seem to have a really great track record in publishing very well- written and thoroughly researched historical books. This was no exception. A fascinating study of a fascinating historical event. I agree with another reviewer who felt the book would be even more enjoyable in a hard copy. And although accessible for the layperson, I think any scholar of the period would find it invaluable. Thanks to the publishers, the author and Netgalley for an ARC

An interesting account of new discoveries of metal detectorists going over the area long thought to have been the location of the Battle of Bosworth. This book is an interesting mix of accessible reading for the history buff and armchair archaeologists and detailed discoveries and lists of findings made during the archaeological surveys conducted over the course of several years. While it helps bring to life the difficulties of Richard’s final battle and the logistics of it from all sides, one of the greatest things I think this book does, is to remind the reader that while history has happened, we are constantly making new discoveries about it. Just because people thought they knew the story of the Battle of Bosworth thirty years ago doesn't mean they were right, doesn’t mean we should stop asking questions, or developing newer and better technology to answer those questions, and doesn’t mean that we should ever be satisfied we know the answers. The well written and interesting self guided walking tour provided here helps remind us that history is still all around us, even as it makes way today for cars and daily modern life.

A good read for Ricardian enthusiasts and those interested in battlefield archaeology especially

I received an Arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I'm reviewing this based on what I've read so far (just over half the book), as this is not a book I can read in one sitting.

I have a long-held fascination for Richard III, and will state clearly that I am a Ricardian (feeling sure that his character was maligned by his unworthy successor and his hangers-on, including Shakespeare!)

This is an interesting read, full of facts and figures from the author's own research, but also analyising other research and "established facts", which makes for an authoratative and plausible reassessment of the battle and events leading up to it.

I'm reading it on my Kindle, but feel that it would be much better suited to reading in print - the many maps, facts and figures would be easier to follow in a physical format.

I will continue reading this in between other books on my list, and will also revisit the area around Bosworth.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC. All opinions my own.

The Battle of Bosworth has captured the imagination ever since that fateful day in 1485 when King Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor assumed the throne as King Henry VII.
The precise location and nature of the battle has long been the subject of debate. Richard Mackinder’s book takes a forensic look at each stage of the battle and how it ties into the landscape of Leicestershire through archaeological finds, contemporary writings and maps. Mackinder reassess the available evidence, as well as newly discovered facts, with no preconceived ideas, to reach a plausible and rigurously researched conclusion about Bosworth that may well be definitive.
The book is fully illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs of archaeological findings from the area. Concise, lucid and eminently readable, Richard Mackinder puts the reader right in the thick of the battle with absolutely no waffle, and his book is an important addition to our knowledge of this landmark battle.

A well researched and fascinating read!
The Wars of the Roses came to a bloody climax at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485. In a few hours, on a stretch of otherwise unremarkable fields in Leicestershire, Richard III, Henry Tudor and their Yorkist and Lancastrian supporters clashed. This decisive moment in English history ought to be clearly recorded and understood, yet controversy has confused our understanding of where and how the battle was fought. That is why Richard Mackinder’s highly illustrated and personal account of the search for evidence of the battle is such absorbing reading. He shows how archaeological evidence, discovered by painstaking work on the ground, has put this historic battle into the modern landscape.

Using the results of the latest research, he takes the reader through each phase of the battle, from the camp sites of the opposing armies on the night before, through the movements of thousands of men across the battlefield during the fight and the major individual episodes such as the death of the Duke of Norfolk, the intervention of Lord Stanley and the death of Richard III.

At each stage he recounts what happened, where it happened and what physical evidence has survived. A vivid impression of the battle emerges from his narrative which is closely linked to the landscape that was fought over on that fateful day.