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The rugged but beautiful land of Wales was a refuge for the ancient
Britons as waves of invaders attacked and settled other parts of
Britain. The Britons endured in the mountain strongholds against
these raids, eventually becoming the Welsh people, the ancestors of
the Cymry of today; forming a land of small kingdoms ruled by Welsh
princes. In this book, Martin Hackett takes us on a journey through
the military history of Wales, looking at the armies involved and
the weapons they used. He covers the length and breadth of the
country, examining in detail twenty-four battles that have shaped
the history of Wales, beginning with the guerrilla campaigns of the
Celts against the Romans and moving through the defensive wars
against the Saxons and Normans, followed by the great rebellions of
the Llywelyns and Owain Glyndwr against the English invaders. The
book is completed by the English Civil War and the French invasion
of Fishguard during the Napoleonic Wars. Profusely illustrated
throughout with maps and photographs, this book brings to life
these forgotten milestones of Welsh history, many of which are
truly lost battlefields without memorials to commemorate their
turbulent past.
Killer Commodities enters the increasingly heated debate regarding
consumer culture with a critical examination of the relationship
between corporate production of goods for profit and for public
health. This collection analyzes the nature and public health
impact of a wide range of dangerous commercial products from around
the world, and it addresses the question of how policies should be
changed to better protect the public, workers, and the environment.
Killer Commodities enters the increasingly heated debate regarding
consumer culture with a critical examination of the relationship
between corporate production of goods for profit and for public
health. This collection analyzes the nature and public health
impact of a wide range of dangerous commercial products from around
the world, and it addresses the question of how policies should be
changed to better protect the public, workers, and the environment.
The British Isles have witnessed hundreds of battles, both great
and small, in their two thousand years of recorded history, but not
all are widely remembered today. Many of these battles are well
known, due to their far-reaching consequences, their sheer scale or
the involvement of famous protagonists. Even so, many battles have
never been properly investigated, perhaps because their importance
was never understood or because they have never been included in
previous books on British battlefields. In this book, Martin
Hackett examines ten forgotten British battles, covering the length
and breadth of Britain and some 900 years of warfare. For each, he
provides a concise account of the battle itself and analyses its
military, archaeological and political significance. Each entry is
accompanied by current photographs of the location, a modern map of
the battlefield with suggested tours and information on exploring
the site today.
For the first time, renowned gaming expert Martin Hackett brings
together fantasy role-playing and fantasy wargaming. The result is
a complete gaming system, allowing experienced or novice players to
explore a fictional world in character by taking part in adventures
and going on to lead armies into battle, conquer territory and
found empires. Fantasy role playing took off in the late 1970s with
the rise of TSR's Dungeons and Dragons. Fantasy wargaming, by
contrast, is the clash of two or more mythical armies, played out
with miniatures and scenery on a tabletop battlefield.
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