Fortress Britain: Artillery Fortifications in the British Isles and Ireland

by A . D . Saunders (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.21

  An authoritative account of artillery fortifications in Britain from the days of the medieval castle to World War Two. Traces the modifications to castles in the late Middle Ages to accommodate fire-arms, follows the emergence of a national defence policy under Henry VIII, examines coastal defence works in the centuries when Britannia ruled the waves.