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Defending the Island: From Caesar to the Armada
by: Norman Longmate (Author)
Publisher: Pimlico
Publication Date: 2001-01-04
Language: English
Print Length: 544 pages
ISBN-10: 0712667113
ISBN-13: 9780712667111
Book Description
In a brilliantly imaginative blend of military, social, and diplomatic history, Norman Longmate retells Britain’s island story from the perspective of its defenders in a narrative stretching from the Celtic tribes who fought against Caesar to the great seaborne defence against Philip of Spain’s Armada. Solidly researched fact is seasoned with lively, humorous, and occasionally gruesome anecdote, resulting in an invaluable sourcebook for the specialist and an enthralling narrative for the general reader.
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In a brilliantly imaginative blend of military, social, and diplomatic history, Norman Longmate retells Britain’s island story from the perspective of its defenders in a narrative stretching from the Celtic tribes who fought against Caesar to the great seaborne defence against Philip of Spain’s Armada. Solidly researched fact is seasoned with lively, humorous, and occasionally gruesome anecdote, resulting in an invaluable sourcebook for the specialist and an enthralling narrative for the general reader.
