Fatal Avenue: A Traveller's History Northern France and Flanders 1346-1945 by Richard Holmes - USED
Fatal Avenue: A Traveller's History Northern France and Flanders 1346-1945 by Richard Holmes - USED
By Richard Holmes
ISBN: 9781844139385
History: European
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Publisher: Vintage
Binding: Paperback
Publication: 24/06/2008
Pages: 384
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland),History of specific subjects,France,Europe - France,History / France,History - General History
Authers: Richard Holmes
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A unique work combining military history and travel, which studies the most fought-over area on earth.
De Gaulle called it a “fatal avenue†— that broad sweep of low-lying country stretching north east of Paris. Over the centuries, invading armies have swept back and forth over this bloody terrain, and the names of battles fought here read like a dictionary of military history — from Agincourt, Calais and Crecy to Verdun, Vimy and Ypres. Fatal Avenue is both a history and a guide — a unique study of a region that has witnessed more bitter military conflict than any other area of its size on earth.
De Gaulle called it a “fatal avenue†— that broad sweep of low-lying country stretching north east of Paris. Over the centuries, invading armies have swept back and forth over this bloody terrain, and the names of battles fought here read like a dictionary of military history — from Agincourt, Calais and Crecy to Verdun, Vimy and Ypres. Fatal Avenue is both a history and a guide — a unique study of a region that has witnessed more bitter military conflict than any other area of its size on earth.
ISBN: 9781844139385
