The Beastly Battles Of Old England - The misguided manoeuvres of the British at war (Paperback, Digital original)

Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and when we were not slaughtering each other, we practiced on our neighbours, the Scots, the Irish, the French . . . When that got too easy, we set off around the world to find other people to fight. This was usually done with a hubris that invited some ludicrous pratfall. In THE BEASTLY BATTLES OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel Cawthorne takes us on a darkly humorous journey through some of our ill-advised military actions. From the war over a severed ear to a general seeking out his rival's mistresses to even the score, it is a miscellany of insufferable arrogance, reckless gallantry, stunning stupidity, massive misjudgements and general beastliness.

General

Imprint:	Piatkus Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	December 2013
Authors:	Nigel Cawthorne
Dimensions:	203 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	288
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-0-7499-5394-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-7499-5394-2
Barcode:	9780749953942

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