The volume includes eight chapters: ; Sword and Javelin (Roman warfare); Shield Wall (to 1066); Knight and Castle (1066 to 1330); Longbow and Bombard 1330 to 1500) ; Hackbut and Halberd (1500-1603); Pike and Drum (1642-1651); Flintlock and Bayonet (1653 to 1798); Rifle and Radar (1916 to 1940)
The most in-depth study of British and Irish battles and battle sites currently available on the market. A complete 'battle history' of Britain and Ireland from Caesar's landing at Dover in 55BC to the Battle of Britain in 1940. Describes 377 battles. All battle narrative accounts are rigorously based on extant historical sources. 100 detailed but clear black-and-white maps amplify and clarify the text. Both an unparalleled reference book and an exciting and involving work of narrative history.
Richard Brooks is a freelance military historian. His most recent book was The Royal Marines - 1664 to the Present (Constable 2002), which won an award from the Royal Marines Historical Society. He has also written The Long Arm of the Empire: Naval Brigades from the Crimea to the Boxer Rebellion (Constable 1999), a study of the Royal Navy's part in small wars of the Victorian period, and the first biography of the founder of Jane's Fighting Ships: Fred T Jane: An Eccentric Visionary (Jane's Information Group 1997). He was Consultant Editor of the Times History of War (Harper Collins Publishers 2000). Richard Brooks was born in Kent, in 1949, and read Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and International Relations at Southampton University. He lives in Southsea with his wife, two daughters and several thousand toy soldiers.
A quality addition to your bookshelf - SOLDIER magazineAn impressive collection that offers much.... accurate and... fascinating. - HISTORY TODAY - Jeremy BlackA gripping and immensely readable work of narrative history. - THE GUNNERwell written, comprehensive, clear and readable... I strongly recommend this book to any battlefield tourer of the British Isles. - BRITISH ARMY REVIEW - John Deverell
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