England Invaded

Edward Foord, Gordon Home

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781445644042
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Over many centuries, England has been the target for ambitious and opportunistic leaders and conquerors coveting her rolling green hills, fertile soils and hidden riches. In the early twentieth century, Edward Foord and Gordon Home set out to create a definitive history on the invasions, incursions and intrusions of those avaricious occupiers, something that had not previously been attempted. From the great campaign in which the Roman general Paulinus crushed the British struggle for independence under Boudicca to the Viking ravages and Napoleon's 'design', the authors attempt to throw new light on some of the most famous conquests and victories on British soil.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Preface
• I - Caesar’s Invasions
• II - The Claudian Invasion and the Roman Conquest
• III - The Roman Province and the Earlier Teutonic Invasions
• IV - The English Conquest
• V - The Viking Ravages
• VI - Alfred and the Saving of Wessex
• VII - The Conquest of the Danelaw
• VIII - Later Viking Raids and the Danish Conquest
• IX - The Invasions of 1066
• X - Continental Invasions 1066–1545
• XI - Scottish Invasions
• XII - Later Scottish Invasions 1424–1542
• XIII - The Spanish Armada
• XIV - The Aftermath of the Armada
• XV - De Ruijter and William of Orange
• XVI - The ‘Fifteen’ and the ‘Forty-Five’
• XVII - French Raids 1690–1797 Teignmouth and Fishguard
• XVIII - The Napoleonic Design 1804
• Appendix A - The Site of the Battle of Aclea
• Appendix B - The English and Spanish Fleets in 1588