From ancient standards and ancestral shields to modern coats of arms and the flags of emerging nations - learn the fascinating language and visual vocabulary of arms, banners and ensigns that knots together the diverse strands of our history and brings alive today the colours and textures of a rich cultural heritage shared and revered by all the nations of the world.

This book is both an introduction to the subject of heraldry illustrated with more examples in colour than any other book approaching this price and a guide nowhere else available in such a concise form to the heradry of most of the countries in the world where heraldry is to be found.




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