Preloved - Used & Recycled Media War Walks: From Agincourt to Normandy is a non-fiction book by Richard Holmes that explores six famous battlefields in Northern France and Belgium. The book was published in 1997 and accompanies a BBC TV series of the same name.
Book Details
Title: War Walks: From Agincourt to Normandy (v. 1)
Author: Richard Holmes
Publisher: BBC Books
Publication Date: May 29, 1997
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Summary
The book serves as a guide for readers to journey through historical military terrain, recreating the atmosphere of battles through the stories of the soldiers who fought in them. Each chapter includes maps of the battlefield area and sketches of troop movements and points of interest.
The battlefields covered in this volume are:
Agincourt (1415)
Waterloo (1815)
Mons and Le Cateau (1914)
The Somme (1916)
Arras (1940)
Operation Goodwood (1944)