Philip Payton's history of the great county of Sussex is a masterly
piece of work. Combining sound academic research with a genuine
talent for writing, this superb new book tells the story of Sussex
from ancient times to the present day, exploring some very
interesting themes along the way. "In writing this book I have been
struck by just how much Sussex history is `invasion' and fear of
invasion. From those early hunter-gatherers to twenty-fi rstcentury
migrants, such `invasions' have often been enriching. But there
have also been invasions on the grand scale, bringing death and
destruction and sometimes wholesale upheavals in governance,
religion and culture. Which brings us to another strong theme:
violence. Civil confl ict, again detectable from earliest times,
has been a regular feature of Sussex life, and the Civil War itself
had a particular and vivid Sussex dimension. Most astonishing of
all, perhaps, is the violence endemic in the Sussex countryside in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - encompassing smuggling,
mutinies, riots, and protests - an aspect of the county's past that
has almost disappeared from popular memory."
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