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Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
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@cathfletcher.bsky.social@cathfletcher.bsky.social → @catherinefletcher.infoI was all set for some wild pedantry and you beat me to it
Show Postto be wildly pedantic: Salisbury & Gargrave are killed by cannon fire at the siege of Orleans in 1 Henry VI 1.4: the Master Gunner and his Boy appear & discuss, & the Boy comes back with a lighted linstock, the explosion is heard, & the injuries seen & described. But no one killed with a firearm!
Show PostAnd said character seems to be living in the middle part of the 100 years war, at a time when hand cannons were just starting to appear
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