Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks
Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks

Author: Steve Fallon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-04-11

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1667200496

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Tour hundreds of historic battlefields across the world with this captivating guide to exploring the sites where empires rose and fell. Stretching across the millennia from prehistoric times to the 20th century and covering every continent except Antarctica, Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks is a guide to exploring hundreds of trails, paths, and landscapes on foot, with insightful commentary on the significance of each battle in world history. Whether you’re looking to travel to far-off lands from the comfort of your armchair or planning a trip that includes tours of these historic sites, you’ll find plenty of captivating facts about the places where the fates of nations and empires were decided, including the Battle of Hastings, the Fall of Constantinople, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of the Somme, the Liberation of Europe, and more. Full-color photos and maps are included, making this a handy guidebook for anyone who is planning their next expedition.

Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks
Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks

Author: Editors of Thunder Bay Press

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2029-09-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1667203738

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Tour hundreds of historic battlefields across the world with this captivating guide to exploring the sites where empires rose and fell. Stretching across the millennia from prehistoric times to the 20th century and covering every continent except Antarctica, Historic Battlefields in 500 Walks is a guide to exploring hundreds of trails, paths, and landscapes on foot, with insightful commentary on the significance of each battle in world history. Whether you’re looking to travel to far-off lands from the comfort of your armchair or planning a trip that includes tours of these historic sites, you’ll find plenty of captivating facts about the places where the fates of nations and empires were decided, including the Battle of Hastings, the Fall of Constantinople, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of the Somme, the Liberation of Europe, and more. Full-color photos and maps are included, making this a handy guidebook for anyone who is planning their next expedition.

A History of the World in 500 Walks
A History of the World in 500 Walks

Author: Sarah Baxter

Publisher: Aurum

Published: 2019-06-01

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1781319375

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From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots! From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine travelling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadors, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered.

Battlefield Tourism
Battlefield Tourism

Author: Chris Ryan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0080453627

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This book will be of interest to tourism researchers generally, but also to those researchers in the areas of cultural studies, military histories, social/human geographers and historical geographers.

English Battlefields
English Battlefields

Author: Michael Rayner

Publisher: History Press Limited

Published: 2006-03-14

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780752441672

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England has been fought over for centuries, by invaders and in civil wars. The sites of these desperate struggles are as varied as the reasons they were fought over. These haunted acres are places of commemoration, memory and, above all, history. Covering over 500 battlefields, this book gives concise accounts of the battles which shaped England.