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Alfred H. Burne's guide to English battlefields makes it possible for readers to follow the course of thirty-nine notable battles from 51AD to 1685 as if they were on the battlefields themselves. Burne's informed and intelligent military commentary makes sense of complex and contradictory statements found in the contemporary records of the dramatic battles - such as Bosworth Field, Flodden, Hastings and Naseby - which have done so much to shape the often violent history of England and the British Isles. This edition marks the first publication of Burne's magisterial work with the battles arranged in chronological order.

Alfred H Burne was described by Sir Arthur Bryant as 'one of the most distinguished living authorities on the history of land warfare and one of its finest teachers'. Burne also wrote THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR which is published in Penguin Classic Military History. The accomplished actor and author of THE LONGBOW, Robert Hardy, provides the Introduction to this edition.