Strongholds and Sanctuaries: The Borderland of England and Wales

by Ellis Peters

Roy Morgan (Photographer)

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Here, illustrated in words and pictures, are landscapes, besieged castles, garrison towns and hidden villages and valleys of Wales. The text starts in the South, at Chepstow and travels to Chester in the North. Peters reveals the history of the people and places of the Marches, describing their story of claim and counter-claim, Welsh risings and English attacks, siege and defence, captures and burnings. It is the story of the great families of medieval times: teh Mortimers and Henry Hotspur, Offa, King of Mercia, constructor of the Dyke, the Marcher earls and the Welsh Prince Llewelyn.
  • ISBN10 0747278547
  • ISBN13 9780747278542
  • Publish Date 6 April 1995 (first published 29 April 1993)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 10 May 2000
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Headline Publishing Group
  • Imprint Headline Book Publishing
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 184
  • Language English