Tim Newark - War in Britain - English Heritage

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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

Copyright © Tim Newark 2000

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Source ISBN: 9780004722849

Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008131579

Version: 2015-01-06

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COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT INTRODUCTION 1 CELTS AND ROMANS 2 SAXONS AND VIKINGS 3 KNIGHTS AND ARCHERS 4 TUDORS AND GUNS 5 ROYALISTS AND ROUNDHEADS 6 GEORGIANS AND JACOBITES 7 REDCOATS AND NAPOLEON 8 VICTORIANS AND EMPIRE 9 TOMMIES AND POPPIES 10 DAD’S ARMY AND THE BLITZ FURTHER READING RE-ENACTMENT SOCIETIES ENGLISH HERITAGE MEMBERSHIP - JOIN US TODAY! INDEX CREDITS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000 Copyright © Tim Newark 2000 Tim Newark has asserted his moral right to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication . Source ISBN: 9780004722849 Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008131579 Version: 2015-01-06

INTRODUCTION

1 CELTS AND ROMANS

2 SAXONS AND VIKINGS

3 KNIGHTS AND ARCHERS

4 TUDORS AND GUNS

5 ROYALISTS AND ROUNDHEADS

6 GEORGIANS AND JACOBITES

7 REDCOATS AND NAPOLEON

8 VICTORIANS AND EMPIRE

9 TOMMIES AND POPPIES

10 DAD’S ARMY AND THE BLITZ

FURTHER READING

RE-ENACTMENT SOCIETIES

ENGLISH HERITAGE MEMBERSHIP - JOIN US TODAY!

INDEX

CREDITS

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

Britons love freedom and the one theme that unites all the periods of warfare in this book is their pursuit of independence. At first, it is a battle between different peoples - Celts, Saxons, Vikings - to survive within the British Isles. Then, as England takes shape as a sovereign realm, it is a struggle for political freedom between barons and kings, royalists and roundheads. Finally, with Britain as a united nation, it is the defence of its very way of life that has united its people against threats from abroad. It has been a hard and bitterly fought quest with enormous personal sacrifice by soldiers and civilians. If our island’s military history has anything to tell us, it is that the freedom we have inherited must not be lightly given away.

Tim Newark

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