The Invasions and the Projected Invasions of England, from the Saxon Times: With Remarks on the Present Emergencies

by Edward Shepherd Creasy (Creator)

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336 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2019

About the author

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was a British historian. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and called to the Bar in 1837. In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London. He was knighted in 1860 and assumed the position of Chief Justice of Ceylon. His best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Other works include; Historical and Critical Account of the Several Invasions of England (1852), History of the Ottoman Turks, The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, and Imperial and Colonial Institutions of the British Empire (1872).