The Safeguard of the Sea (Naval History of Britain 1)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: October 7, 2004
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780140297249
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.