Battleground Sussex: A Military History of Sussex from the Iron Age to the Present Day Tapa dura - 2012

Pen & Sword Books Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books Ltd.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1848846614 . Price clipped dust jacket otherwise fine, no inscriptions or marks. ; "The repeated threat of invasion from the Continent has shaped the very landscape of the county. The rounded tops of the Iron Age hill forts, the sheer walls of the medieval castles, the squat stumps of Martello towers, the moulded Vaubanesque contours of the Palmerstone redoubts and the crouched concrete blocks and bricks of the Second World War pillboxes constitute the visible evidence of Sussex’s position on Britain’s front line"; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages .

Pen & Sword Military, 2012. Hardcover. New. 222 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.

Pen & Sword Military, London, 2012. Hardcover. New.

Hardback. New. From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the countys coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britains southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land transportation and the seas that define the borders of our nation aided, rather than deterred, the invader.

Pen and Sword. Used - Like New. 2012. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 222 pp. Fine. Dust Jacket is Fine.

Pen and Sword. Used - Very Good. 2012. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

Pen and Sword, 2012-03-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Pen & Sword Books Limited , pp. xviii + 222, Maps . Hardback. New.

Sout Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. Fine/Near Fine. 2012. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 1848846614 Hardcover Hardcover First Edition Battleground Sussex: A Military History of Sussex from the Iron Age to the Present Da From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the countys coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britains southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land transportation and the seas that define the borders of our nation aided, rather than deterred, the invader. Though the last successful invasion of Britain took place almost 1,000 years ago, the gently shelving beaches of Sussex have tempted the prospective invader with the promise of both an easy disembarkation and a short and direct route to London  the last time being just seven decades ago. As the authors… Leer más