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Transferred to digital print on demand 2011
First published 2003
8th impression 2010
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Print ISBN: 978 1 84176 510 5
PDF e-book ISBN: 978 1 84603 572 2
ePub e-book ISBN: 978 1 78200 420 2
Series Editor: Lee Johnson
Design by The Black Spot
Index by Alan Thatcher
Maps by The Map Studio
3D bird’s-eye views by John Plumer
Battlescene artwork by Angus McBride
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