Battlefields in Britain
Battlefields in Britain
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Summary
Written by the notable historian, Dame Veronica Wedgwood and originally published in the Collin's Pictures of Britain series, this book is an accessible text listing and explaining the major battles that occured within the British Isles from the Norman Conquest up to the 1940s.
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Battlefields in Britain by C V Wedgwood
Battles listed include: Hastings, The Welsh Wars, Falkirk, Bannockburn, Barnet, Tewkesbury, Bosworth, Flodden, Edgehill, Marston Moor, Inverlochy, Naseby, Dunbar, Killiecrankie and Culloden. Each battle is accompanied by a battle map from the era. At the end of her description of the Battle of Culloden, Wedgwood movingly alludes to the impending threat of a German invasion and the airmen caught up in the Battle of Britain who "left the quivering air signed with their honour."
Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910 - 1997) was an English historian who published under the name CV Wedgwood. Specializing in the history of 17th-C England and Continental Europe, her biographies and narrative histories "provided a clear, entertaining middle ground between popular and scholarly works.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781910065198 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910065196 |
| Title | Battlefields in Britain |
| Author | C V Wedgwood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2014-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |