Product Description

A detailed account of all the major battles fought on British soil from 1066 to 1746. This text 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 commissioned aerial photographs, keyed with the position of troops during the battles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #304984 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 231 pages

Customer Reviews

Great overview of all major battles on british soil
This book is great for everyone who has read/heard a lot about british history, but who likes to know more about how it actually happened, what weapons were used. Not only does Seymour describe the battles themselves but he also tells what events led up to the battle and why things happened as they did. But this he only does to get a better understanding of the proceedings of the battles. Luckily, he refrains from telling "what might have happened, had the other side won" A great book for learning the details of battles from Hastings (+ the two proceeding battles) until the battles in the reign of George II. It would have been nice though, if major battles, important for Britain, but not actually fought on British soil would have been included, like: Agincourt, Crecy, Poitiers etc...