Battlefields in Britain
Battlefields in Britain
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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 | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781910065198 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910065196 |
| Titre | Battlefields in Britain |
| Auteur | C V Wedgwood |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Année de publication | 2014-10-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 144 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |