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1) Brave
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery skills.
2) The archer
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tetsuya was once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow. He has retired from public life when a boy comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life. -- adapted from jacket.
Author
Series
Arrows of Albion volume Book 6
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Isolated, frozen to the bone and with no way out...Kemp is back. 1356. Burnt Candlemas. King Edward III invades Scotland in the dead of winter to punish the Scots for their recent attack on Berwick. When the fleet bringing supplies for his army is scattered by a storm, it seems God himself is punishing the English for the arson of a Scottish church. Wrongly blamed for the fire, archer Martin Kemp finds himself in chains, a victim of the king's wrath....
4) Heretic
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bernard Cornwell crafts an extraordinary story in The Archer's Tale, a grand and glorious epic concerning duty, love, and valor and set during the Hundred Years War. As dawn breaks on Easter, 1343, a band of French marauders ambushes the English village of Hookton. Only a youngster named Thomas survives, and the horrible tragedy is forever etched upon his memory. In particular, he recalls a black-clad knight, bearing a distinct flag, who is exceedingly...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
How was it that ordinary men in medieval England and Wales became such skilled archers that they defeated noble knights in battle after battle?
The archer in medieval England became a forerunner of John Bull as a symbol of the spirit of the ordinary Englishman. He had his own popular literature that left us a romantic version of the lives and activities of outlaws and poachers such as Robin Hood.
This remarkable development began 150-years after the...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Revealing the power behind one of history's most devastating weapons, this study chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy of heavy cavalry, the longbow forced a wholesale reassessment of battlefield tactics. Richard Wadge explains what mad e England's longbow archers...
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's two novels of adventure in the fourteenth century, The White Company and Sir Nigel, seamlessly blend real history and imaginative fiction into spirited, fast-paced narratives that draw us in, as eager witnesses to the medieval soldier's life. Never out of print since their first publications in 1891 and 1906, they remain memorable for their accessible style, nonstop action, gentle humor, larger-than-life characters, and vibrant...
9) Fire Arrow
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Breo-Saight, the young archer from Hero's Song, has abandoned her lifelong mission to avenge her father's murder. But just as she stops pursuing the murderers, they turn up again, leading Brie to her birthright -- a fire arrow. The magical arrow leads Brie to a strange country, where she finds the family and happiness she's never known. But she also finds evil at work -- the doings of a sinister, one-eyed sorcerer named Balor. Though Brie has given...
10) Brave
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Princess Merida, an archer and self-reliant young woman, makes a decision which defies custom and brings chaos to her kingdom. To restore her kingdom, she must rely on her bravery and archery skills. Bonus features include animated shorts and audio commentary.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Captured by her enemy... Falling for the man Cressida Howe, the Archer, is a well-tuned weapon. But she's also a woman captivated by a man -- Eldric of Hawskmoor, the warrior knight her father ordered her to kill. Instead, for years, Cressida has simply watched him... Now she's been captured by her formidable enemy, and her well-ordered world comes crashing down, for Eldric is even more compelling up close. Cressida curses her traitorous heart --...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers, who won the day for Henry V. This lavishly illustrated history re-tells the story of the battle and Henry V's Normandy campaign from the perspective of the commander of the English archers, Sir Thomas Erpingham. Sir Thomas, an experienced warrior with military experience dating back 40 years is known for his brief but pivotal appearances in Shakespeare's Henry V, where he is correctly...
13) Vagabond
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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