Book Announcement

[Brandon Paul Heslop]

Fellow scholars,

It is my great pleasure to announce the forthcoming book, Lessons on the English Longsword, by Benjamin "Casper" Bradak and myself from Paladin Press. No release date yet, but I'll give you the run down:

The book boasts the first ever complete modern translations of all three of the medieval English longsword texts - Ledall's manuscript, the Harleian document, and the Cottonian text - together with interpretive notes and photographic interpretations of all of the major plays contained in said manuscripts. Comprehensive comparitive analysis of the English material with the continental sources. A complete Lexicon of the English terminology, together with their Italian and German equivalents and counterparts. This book will put the fainal nail in the coffin in the argument that the German and Italian traditions are radically different from each other, or one is more "defensive" than the other, etc. Instead, Lessons on the English Longsword definitively reveals the truth - that the art of the longsword was pan-European.

Along with a few other surprises.

Podcasts will be forthcoming.

-B.

[ChristineChurches]

Can't wait!

Thanks guys!

[Michael Olsen]

Congratulations on your publication! I'm very interested to see what conclusions you've drawn regarding the similarities between German, Italian, and English styles. I look forward to hearing more about it as progress is made!

Best wishes,

Michael

[Jon Pellett]

Sweet! You guys found definitions for all those whacky terms? I'm looking forward to this.

[Mike Cartier]

sweet

Please elaborate on that a bit when you can, sounds very interesting.

[Jonathan Newhall]

Score, more longsword material!

[Sal Bertucci]

Drat! Just when I thought I knew what I was going to spend my money on next year! Good job guys. I guess I better start looking around soda machines for loose change.

[Brandon Paul Heslop]

I just wanted to thank everybody for the interest expressed. Thanx Michael for the mention in your blog, btw. Very much appreciated.

-B.

[Ken Horton]

Brandon,
I went to check out your videos and it said they were removed by the user? I am anxious to see, I hope it's just a technical problem.

Ken

[Matt Bryant]

I must say, I am really looking forward to this book and the accompanying DVD. (Great idea for the DVD, by the way). I listened to the tubecasts. I actually laughed out loud. Very amusing, if somewhat mean in classic Heslopian fashion. (That's right, your name is an adjective now).

[Brandon Paul Heslop]

I must say, I am really looking forward to this book and the accompanying DVD. (Great idea for the DVD, by the way). I listened to the tubecasts. I actually laughed out loud. Very amusing, if somewhat mean in classic Heslopian fashion. (That's right, your name is an adjective now).

Thank you, sir.

As for my name being an adjective...well, I've been called so many adjectives, it's about time I had one named after me. What's the definition? Do I want to know?

-B.

[Chris Ouellet]

Good for you! I'll check your books out. I've been communicating with a guy here in long island who's very keen on english sword fighting traditions and this certainly won't hinder.