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Hastings to Culloden
- Battles of Britain by Peter Young & John Adair
This classic survey by two of Britain's foremost military
historians looks in detail at all the major campaigns and battles to
have taken place on British soil since the Norman Conquest.
The accounts of individual battles and campaigns, including
hastings, Bosworth, Flodden, Edgehill, Naseby, Dubar and Culloden, are
linked by short descriptions of changes in arms and tactics so as to
give a continuous outline of development of the art of war and of the
resources available to the military commanders from the Conquest to
1746. Equal attention has been paid to both the cause of each action and
to the conditions under which the soldiers fought. Wherever possible,
the authors have drawn on contemporary documents and sources, and
wherever available, eye-witness accounts are quoted, giving a fresh and
authoritative account of each battle of interest to both the
general reader and military historian. The book closes with up-to-date
notes, provided by The Battlefields Trust,, on visiting the battlefield
sites today. Illustrated throughout with battle-plans and sketch-maps as
well as contemporary depictions, and written in a clear and accessible
manner, this book is an essential companion for all those with an
interest in the military history of Britain. |
Book serial number WP1. Price £18.99. Hard back with 294 pages.
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Battles in
Britain 1066-1746 by William Seymour.
Battles in Britain is a detailed account of all the major battles
fought on British soil from 1066 to 1746. It sets them against their
political and historical background, and provides an analysis of each
action and the results of the battles.
It contains a guide to all the battlefields including road
directions, battle plans and drawings showing key developments, and
specially commissioned aerial photographs, keyed with the position of
troops during the battles.
Illustrated paperback with 231 pages.
Book serial number W37. Price £9.99.
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The Battlefield
Walker's Handbook by Donald Featherstone
This
book is an essential guide for those new to this popular pastime and
will also prove invaluable to the more experienced battlefield walker
who wishes to explore specific battle scenes in greater detail.
The
author has selected 11 wars that took place in six different countries
as examples. These include the battles of Crecy and Waterloo, The
Peninsular War, Rorke's Drift and the Zulu War, Saratoga and the
American War of Independence and Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
He has chosen to concentrate on specific battles notable for their
colour, interest and historic value. He gives extensive details on the
background history of each battle and adds his own memories and
anecdotes, illustrating them with maps and photographs. The author
explains the sequences of each battle, utilising maps of the areas as
they were at the time of the war and as they are today.
Book serial number BK25. Price £19.95. Hard back with 352 pages.
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A Guide to the
Battlefields of Europe by David Chandler.
From ancient times, Europe has been shaped and reshaped by
military campaigns involving more than 2,000 battles. With the help of a
team of eminent contributors, David Chandler has assembled a
comprehensive guide to 245 battlefields, giving basic facts regarding
the location, historical context and objective of each engagement,
details of the opposing forces, casualties and outcome, and useful
bibliography concerning each. This guide will appeal to the serious
student of military history, the traveller and the armchair campaigner.
Illustrated paperback with 388 pages.
Book serial number W14. Price £7.99.
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