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On some ancient battle-fields in Lancashire and their historical, legendary, and aesthetic associations

On some ancient battle-fields in Lancashire and their historical, legendary, and aesthetic associations

Hardwick, Charles

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General LawGeneral Military HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 9353609658
ISBN13: 9789353609658
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 28 2019
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step onto Lancashire's old killing grounds, where hedgerows, moors, and river-bends still carry argument and memory. The ground remembers its wars. Charles Hardwick, a sharp-eyed Victorian investigator, follows the traces left in names, ruins, and tradition, linking landscape to the events and stories that shaped it. Part local history reference book, part historical topography essays, On some ancient battle-fields in Lancashire ranges across Lancashire England history and the wider northwest England heritage. Hardwick weighs lancashire battlefields history alongside british battle legends, showing how fact, folklore, and feeling meet at a ridge, a ford, or a churchyard. The result is vivid on the page and practical in the hand: a compact companion to historic sites and scenery, useful to walkers, teachers, genealogy and local historians, and readers who love English county histories. As a UK heritage travel guide in all but name, it also sits comfortably beside the best British battlefield guidebooks. First published in the great age of victorian antiquarian nonfiction, Hardwick's work captures a moment when modern historical method and local memory began to speak to each other. For the casual reader, it is armchair travel through contested ground; for the researcher, a starting point for reading and fieldwork. A classic of regional inquiry, it remains a touchstone for understanding how place becomes history again. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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