UNWIN, PETER. - The Narrow Sea: Barrier, Bridge and Gateway to the World - The History of the English Channel,

Headline, 1st edn. 2003. Hb 160 x 240mm, pp. ix, 340, illustr. in colour and b&w. M in M d/w. ¶ Drawing from original texts as varied as 'The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' and a soldier's Second World War diaries, the author charts the landscape and seascape of northern Europe's gateway to the oceans and reveals a history of political and military intrigue