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Blood on the wave: Scotland's sea battles

By John , Sadler

Book information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2012
ISBN
9780857905604, 9781841588650, 0857905600
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2862365 bytes)
Edition
International version
Pages
465 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Coast defenses--Scotland--History;HISTORY--Europe-

Description

Scotland's long coastline runs from the waters of Galloway and the Solway, through the Irish Sea to the long sea lochs and myriad islands of the Celtic west, around grim Cape Wrath, the coast of Caithness, Pentland Firth and the Orkneys, eastward down to the Moray Firth, the eastern seaboard, to the Forth and the sentinel of the Bass Rock. It is an ancient strand redolent with history. Sea battles have been fought in its lee from the time of Agricola to the Atlantic convoys. In Blood on the Wave, John Sadler embarks on a pilgrimage around Scotland's rugged and stunning coastline, to explore th.

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