THE NARROW SEA: Barrier, Bridge and Gateway to the World - The History of the English Channel

UNWIN, Peter

ISBN 10: 0747244367 / ISBN 13: 9780747244363

Published by Headline / Review, London, 2003

About this Item

340 pages + prelims. 8 pages of plates in b/w and colour. Maps to endpapers. Black boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 24 Cm x 16 Cm.

Seller Inventory # 7015

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE NARROW SEA: Barrier, Bridge and Gateway to the World - The History of the English Channel
• Publisher: Headline / Review, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747244367
• ISBN 13: 9780747244363
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The English Channel separates Britain from Europe, keeping invaders out of Britain and making the island and islanders different from the continent and their fellow Europeans. But the Channel also serves as a link between mainland and island, bearing settlers, missionaries, merchants, refugees and conquerors back and forth over the millennia. Explorers and adventurers have sailed its waters, and leaders from Julius Caesar to Napoleon and Hitler have battled for sovereignty over these narrow seas. Peter Unwin tells the story of the English Channel from the land-bridge that linked Britain to the continent nine thousand years ago to the Channel tunnel of the 21st century, charting the landscape and seascape of northern Europe's gateway to the oceans.

About the Author

Peter Unwin is a former Ambassador to Hungary and Denmark, and has worked mostly in Central and Eastern Europe during his years in HM Diplomatic Service. He has written for The Times, the Independent and the Observer, and has published four books about European history and politics.