Battlefields in Britain

Battlefields in Britain

C. V. Wedgwood
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Author:  C. V. Wedgwood
Condition:  Used, Like New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  144
Publisher:  Unicorn Publishing Group
Year:  2014
ISBN:  9781910065198

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the dustjacket has experienced some minor shelfwear; otherwise new and unread

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."

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