The peaceful scenic beauty to be enjoyed at many of the sites of the amjor battles of English history conceals and belies the bolld, death and mayhem which these places once witnessed. Battlefields are iconic memorials, not just to the great events that happened there but also to the thousands of loves lost, hopes shattered and fortunes changed; they resonate with history. This new series of Battlefields Hikes guides you on walks round six very different battlefields, ranging in time from Viking raids to the Civil War and in place from the Scottish borders to the Essex coast, each carefully researched walk is laid out on its own card, encapsulated in plastic against weather and all six cards are pocketed within an attractive folder.