Fortress Britain
Subtitle: all the invasions and incursions since 1066
By: Ian Hernon
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780752497129
Subjects: Invasions; History; Military History; Invasions of Great Britain
Description: The British have not been backward in coming forward when it comes to aggressive visits abroad. But it hasn't all been one way as shown in this dramatic history of the survival of an island race over 900 years - sometimes, surprisingly, against the odds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. After Hastings; title: 2. King Louis of England?; title: 3. The Hundred Years' War; title: 4. The pretenders; title: 5. Henry's castles and the invasion of the Isle of Wight; title: 6. The Spanish Armada; title: 7. Mousehole; title: 8. The Barbary pirates; title: 9. The Battle of the Medway; title: 10. The 'Glorious' Invasion; title: 11. The French Armada of 1692; title: 12. The Jacobite invasion of England; title: 13. The Choiseul plan; title: 14. John Paul Jones; title: 15. The Battle of Fishguard; title: 16. The Napoleon threat and Britain's "Great Terror"; title: 17. Threats from America and Germany: 1815-1939; title: 18. Operation Sea Lion; title: 19. The Battle of Graveney Marsh; title: 20. The occupation of the Channel islands; title: Conclusions.; title: Appendix 1: Chroniclers' accounts of the 1377 raids; title: Appendix 2: Later history of castles and fortifications featured; title: Appendix 3: Samuel Pepys diary extracts; title: Appendix 4: Martello Towers; title: Appendix 5: Pillboxes.