The Safeguard of the Seas
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 1, 1997
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780002551281
Subjects: Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; British & Irish history: c 500 to c 1000; British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; United Kingdom, Great Britain; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE
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.