319: Hundred Years' War: Triumph of the Longbow (Part 2)
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319: Hundred Years' War: Triumph of the Longbow (Part 2) mentions Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Perfect King by Ian Mortimer with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
Tom, you talked last time about how much you loved that book, Sir Nigel, when you were growing up.
In that sense, it marks the advent of modern warfare, which is a very kind of striking claim to make.
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“Tom Holland mentioned how much he loved the book, Sir Nigel, when he was growing up.”
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“Ian Mortimer in his book, perfect King about Edward the third, right. So the importance of the battle of Cressy cannot be exaggerated.”
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