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This study presents a cultural rather than the usual history of the French invasion of Pembrokeshire in 1797, using primary sources both in English and Welsh to debate of how the invasion was remembered and assess its historical and cultural imprint. What is now known as 'the last invasion of Britain' terrorised the people in and around Fishguard - but the French surrendered, more as a result of their own indiscipline and the fury of local people than any French military shortcomings. Almost immediately, stories of women in red livery appeared in propaganda and travel accounts, and subsequently acts of individual heroism would be associated above all with Jemima Nicholas. The telling and retelling of this story peaked at times of fear of invasion and war - be it against Napoleon, the Kaiser or Hitler - and, resilient to public doubt and professional scorn, the 'legend' of the women survived into popular memory.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Popular and Official Reports, February to March 1797
Chapter 2 : Despair, Deliverance and Discord, March 1797 to 1798
Chapter 3 : Invasion Propaganda, Historical Tourism and The First Jemima, 1798-1813
Chapter 4 : Remebrance and Legacy, 1813-1856
Chapter 5: The French Invasion in Popular History and Culture, 1847-1885
Chapter 6: A Laddo a Leddir: Who Slays Shall Be Slain, 1885 to the 1897 Centenary
Chapter 7 : New Prosperity, New History, An Old Story 1897-1913
Chapter 8 : The First World War and the Legend of the Women, 1914-1936
Chapter 9 : World War II And The Last Invasion, 1936-1950
Chapter 10 : "Little Fishguard For Ever!" 200 Years and Counting, 1950-1997
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