This one-volume edition comprises both Richard Holmes' well-loved
War Walks and War Walks 2. Dates such as 1066 and names such as
Dunkirk often strike a chord of nostalgia, but the details of the
historic events associated with them are forgotten. In The Complete
War Walks Richard Holmes takes us on fascinating journey through
time to visit twelve battlefields throughout Britain, Northern
France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain's bloody
and turbulent history. From Hastings to Dunkirk, Agincourt to The
Somme, Richard vividly recreates the atmosphere of these key
battles in our history. With his expert knowledge of weapons and
warfare and using specially commissioned maps, Richard Holmes
provides a brilliantly clear picture of the events which led up to
each battle, the conflicts themselves, and the people who fought
them. Using practical 'views of the field', he travels the
battlefields as they exist today, pointing out their places of
interest, paying tribute to the men who fought there, and bringing
history to life. This book focuses on a selection of battles, six
fought in Britain - or, in one case, on a struggle that straddled
the Channel. A further six are set in a few hundred square miles of
northern France and southern Belgium, a space so confined that a
single day's drive could take us across all our battlefields.
Choosing the battles from a long list of potential candidates was
far from easy, but a certain logic prevails. Battles that had
far-reaching consequences, historically and politically, were
brought to the forefront of the possible choices. In some cases,
because of a battle's importance, it entered part of an enduring
mythology that demands attention. There were other obvious
considerations that favoured certain battles over others: battles
that were particularly decisive, or ones that were well documented,
or have battlefields that remain striking today. I shied away from
some battles that had already been described so well in print or on
film, that I felt there was nothing new to add. In the
twentieth-century France: Hastings, Agincourt, Bosworth, Naseby,
The Boyne, Waterloo, Mons and Le Cateau, the Somme, Arras, Dunkirk,
the Blitz and Operation Goodwood.
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