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Battleground Sussex (Hardcover, New)
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Battleground Sussex (Hardcover, New)
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Loot Price R455
Discovery Miles 4 550
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From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles
from continental Europe and the county's coastline, some
seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britain's 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 demonstrate, 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.
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