Gunpowder
Subtitle: alchemy, bombards, and pyrotechnics : the history of the explosive that changed the world
By: Jack Kelly
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Gunpowder; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Fire drug; title: Thundring noyse; title: The most pernicious arts; title: The devills birds; title: Villainous saltpetre; title: Conquest's crimson wing; title: Nitro-aerial spirit; title: No one reasons; title: What victory costs; title: History out of control; title: The meeting of heaven and earth; title: Appalling grandeur; title: The old article; title: Epilogue.