The Safeguard of the Seas
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 1, 1997
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780002551281
First sentence: The peoples and polities of the British Isles in the Dark Ages were linked not by the accident of dwelling in the same part of the world, but by the seas and rivers which provided their surest and swiftest means of travel.